Subj : Re: echos - a morbid curiosity
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Wed Dec 16 2020 05:39 pm

On 16 Dec 2020, Kurt Weiske said the following...
 KW>  I think it's safe to say that most BBS message areas break down in to
 KW>  3 categories:
 KW> 
 KW>  1. Just the message areas the sysop reads
 KW>  2. The whole echolist
 KW>  3. Whatever echoes have traffic in posts to the STATS echo
 KW> 
 KW>  I'm in camp number 3; unfortunately it's counter-productive as it
 KW>  promotes traffic in existing echoes instead of promoting new/quiet
 KW>  echoes.
 KW> 

I based my earlier comment based on conversations I've seen. And agree there
are more types than I suggested.

I'm just getting this board going, so right now it's message areas I'm
interested in for the most part. But it's running Fido based on my point
address. Once I get my actual node number, that will likely change.

 KW>  I've always wanted BBS software that would auto-add areas when
 KW>  received, and prune them when dead for a set period of time.
 KW>  Subscribe to everything your uplink has and let the BBS sort the
 KW>  areas out...
 KW> 
I know that there is software that autocreates areas, the pruning would be
nice though.

 KW>  Regarding "private" echoes that aren't advertised, I don't understand
 KW>  that. I've seen some people complaining about the backbone list and
 KW>  the echolist based on fear of someone exerting control or censorship
 KW>  over echoes, but how else are you going to advertise them and get new
 KW>  contributors?
 KW> 

I don't understand it either. But a lot of it baffles me.

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