Subj : Re: BBS Sysop Help Desk (discord)
To   : Avon
From : aLPHA
Date : Mon Oct 25 2021 07:41 am


 > I wish you well but lament that the information and knowledge
 > discussed may be lost to FTN echos like this (and on othernets). With
 > a growing array of non BBS platforms to host BBS discussions it's an
 > unfortunate byproduct of such things.

I hear you Avon, and I respect your position. I've struggled with it
as well. And while some convo may indeed be "lost" to the historical
echomail record when using other channels, I do think this is ultimately
an augementation to BBSing as it's about helping sysops tackle thorny
problems in newer ways, using screenshots, video snippets, formatted code
snippets, etc. Like your YouTube channel for Mystic (granted, that's a
one-way conversation), it's about teaching sysops to fish, which is why
I've tried to narrow the scope to technical problem-solving. Not a
replica of echomail type conversation. And 99% of that
problem-solving will always naturally happen here in these 'nets for sure.
I think very few people in the BBS community use platforms like discord,
but those who do (like me) -- use it a lot. 

But I do hear ya, and please understand my intent is to expand the reach
of BBSing, and of this network, not erode it. 

Cheers,



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