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Skriven 2005-12-19 10:48:01 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
  Kommentar till text 19133 av Frank Vest (1:124/6308.1)
Ärende: Editorial
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Helo Frank,

 DC>> People wonder why FIDO is dying . . .

 FV>> Lack of users due to: The thrill of the internet. Eye candy. And many
 FV>> other things that have little to do with Sysops, BBSs or BBS Users.

Indeed. FidoNet is dying because the users have found greener pastures. it is
as simple as that.

Thinking that the exodus of users can be stopped our even reversed by us sysops
being more nice to each other is self deception.

I am the region 28 point coordinator. In the hay days of FidoNet there were
5600+ registered points in The Netherlands. Now there are two dozen left. Just
one or two are still active.

When the decline began, I often came across ex-points in newsgroups and when i
did i asked them why they had left FidoNet. None of them ever mentioned the
fights. They always said something to the effect that the InterNet had so much
more to offer.

 DC>> I disagree.

 > According to many, it's way over the edge to ask for a real name
 > or a correct birth date. The fear of identity theft, and many
 > other fears instilled by the Internet, hurts more than many realize.

I have noticed that too and it puzzels me a bit.

I have these old freinds from way back when that now live too far away for
regular visits. I was the best man at their marriage but now the friendship has
atrophiated to exchanging Xmas cards. You know how it goes.

Anyway I thought it a nice idea to mention the url for my web site on the cards
and then i got en a-mial from the woman saying the she had visited it and that
she too had a web site.

So I went to have a look. It turned out to be a weblog rather than a website,
but that doesn't matter now. What struck me is that these webloggers have build
themselves a complete community with webloggers commenting on each others
weblogs.

 ... In complete anonimity...

Visit my website and you can easely trace me back to a street address etc, etc.
Her weblog is completely anonymous. Not one real name, not one real place. Nice
pictures but only the babies and the animals are recognisible. All other
persons are fotographed from the back or from the side with a lot of hair
covering their faces. Had I accidentaly stumbled on it I would not have
recognised it as the writings of an old fiend.

What puzzles me is why the anonimity? Why go though the effort of making a log
of one's life if it can not be traced back to you? She is a good writer and it
is interesting what she write. But who the hell is "Hanscke". It could be any
of the millions of women with an above average education and old enough to be a
grandmother.

Cheers, Michiel

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