BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: BBS_CARNIVAL Echo Rules
De:       Kurt Weiske
Data:     Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:32:05 -0700
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-=> Mortar M. wrote to Matthew Munson <=-

 MM>   Re: Re: BBS_CARNIVAL Echo Rules
 MM>   By: Matthew Munson to Alexander Grotewohl on Sat Apr 25 2026 09:20:44

 -> what's the criteria for being an echo moderator anyways? the previous guy
 -> graduates to assisted living?

 > Most of the youngesters in fidonet are in our 40s now :(

 The concept of moderators has changed into, well, something else. I've
 moderated echoes in the past. I advertised the echo on Fido, started
 conversations and steered the conversations when they went astray or
 insults started to get personal. Back then, moderators had the power to
 ban users and even request a feed cut if needed.

 Now, the threat of a feed cut is meaningless as you can get a feed
 elsewhere for free. And, sysops collect dead echoes without posting on
 them, save for the monthly rules posting to no one.

 It makes Fido resemble an empty mall with a couple of stores open and a
 mostly vacant food court.


 food court.
 
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