Subj : Re: BWAHWAHWA that's so
To   : August Abolins
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sat Apr 30 2022 08:45 pm

-=> August Abolins wrote to All <=-

 AA>> The person did not form a R)eply.  They just posted a
 AA>> brand new message in response to the last one they saw on
 AA>> the screen.

 DC> Kinda splitting hairs there, aren't you?  "In response to"
 DC> doesn't mean the same thing as "Replying"?

 AA> I thing you are the one splitting hairs and complaining about a
 AA> very FINE effort that provides outreach to smartphone users,
 AA> and particularly iOS users who have no other options.  :D

A "fine" effort?  It's a method/mechanism that doesn't seem to allow 
quoting replies (or at least most of the users don't know how to do 
it...), and allows gating of incomplete/partial messages that therefore 
have no context so others can understand what's being said.  Sorry, but 
I'm having trouble seeing anything "fine" about that.

Oh, and perhaps FidoNet doesn't need to be read on smartphones.  It is 
indeed available to iOS users who have at least a semblance of a clue.

 DC> My point here is that this Telegram translation/gate/
 DC> crossover is not very good, and isn't keeping with the
 DC> established purpose of FidoNet -which is exchanging *text*
 DC> messages in a recognized manner.

 AA> Aftershock provides the same mechanism: an "app" and text that
 AA> adjusts in the window size that the user likes.

Well, the example that I saw today, and that you quoted in another post, 
mangled up the formatting so bad it was near useless.  Again... not 
"fine".

 AA> I think you are gaslighting when you say "keeping with the
 AA> established purpose of Fidonet".   ;)   That sounds like it
 AA> came out of the World Economic Forum, Bilderberg, Davos/ Schwab
 AA> headquarters or something.  ;)

It came out of 30 years of "tradition" and the intended purpose/usage of 
FidoNet.  You know exactly what I mean.

Newfangled crap isn't better just because it's new.  Sometimes it's 
just....  crap.



.... No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.
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