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    JD> ..I was quite disappointed that there are very few echos   
    JD> on any FTN that are truly active with real people chatting   
    JD> about topics that matter to them. (Obviously, not talking   
    JD> about "politics" )   
      
   Dunno about desktop users, but I would guess that a vast     
   majority of potential participants are using smartphones. I     
   believe that apps like AfterShock and systems like TgBBS could     
   be the entry-point for many chatty folks out there.   
      
   Even *I* wasn't entirely convinced that AfterShock would be     
   viable.  But its recent uptake on continued development bodes     
   well.   
      
   I *just* noticed that even Reedit has an app to interface     
   smartphone users to it.  The Reedit environment is immense.     
   There is no reason that FTN echomail areas can't see more of     
   the same.   
      
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