Adept wrote to paulie420 <=-

My BBS has only fsxNet and Fidonet, and I probably wouldn't notice if Fidonet stopped having messages. But it's kinda neat to be in a net
that's continuously existed for 40 years, even if the net has limited value.

Almost everyone I know has a Fido node number, it's nice to have a common
netmail platform.

We could all choose to take over an echo or two on Fido and create some
traffic... :)

And I figure that most people, when signing up for nets, wind up doing
it during the, "My BBS is going to have everything!" stage that most people seem to get when getting started.

Lots of zone ops are turned off by net.collectors. They want boards to
contribute to their nets, not just collect them for bragging rights on
a BBS ad.





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It would be nice if I could add more diverse and active networks.

There arent many - fsxnet is probably one of the bigger ones though.

... Like man others, I've added ALL the FTNs over the years; PiNet, RetroNet, ArakNet, MetroNet - and on and on...

To be completely honest, most all msgs go thru fsxNet - and I'm a bit partial to zer0net as I helped with some changes last year... those changes mean that its now an open FTN - anyone can join. (Previously, it only accepted highly customized scene bbSes.

If it were me, today, I'd fill out applications for;
fsxNet
zer0net

... and be done with it. :P



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If it were me, today, I'd fill out applications for;
fsxNet
zer0net

Now I'm tempted to sign up for zer0net...

My BBS has only fsxNet and Fidonet, and I probably wouldn't notice if Fidonet stopped having messages. But it's kinda neat to be in a net that's continuously existed for 40 years, even if the net has limited value.

Realistically, since my BBS is _mostly_ just for me, the question becomes more of, "what message bases would I actually end up reading?", and it's oftentimes rare that I get beyond this message area.

And I figure that most people, when signing up for nets, wind up doing it during the, "My BBS is going to have everything!" stage that most people seem to get when getting started.

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My BBS has only fsxNet and Fidonet, and I probably wouldn't notice if Fidonet stopped having messages. But it's kinda neat to be in a net that's continuously existed for 40 years, even if the net has limited value.

Almost everyone I know has a Fido node number, it's nice to have a common
netmail platform.

Yeah, and you don't have to carry the echoes, if you chose not to. ;)

We could all choose to take over an echo or two on Fido and create some
traffic... :)

I have sort of done that with MEMORIES. The moderator has been away, so I moved a few things there and got a couple of people responding to them.
Now, they are talking to each other about HAM memories. ;)


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On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:01:28 -0700
"paulie420" (21:2/150) <paulie420@f150.n2.z21.fidonet> wrote:

If it were me, today, I'd fill out applications for;
fsxNet
zer0net

Now I'm tempted to sign up for zer0net...

Dude - you should... zer0 changed last year and allows non-scene
[demoscene, ansi, warez; legacy scene] bbSes - I can make sure you're accepted, and its been getting substantially more traffic since the
changes!

Get yer app sent!!

Realistically, since my BBS is _mostly_ just for me, the question becomes more of, "what message bases would I actually end up
reading?", and it's oftentimes rare that I get beyond this
message area.

And I figure that most people, when signing up for nets, wind up
doing it during the, "My BBS is going to have everything!" stage
that most people seem to get when getting started.

I think you'd like the zer0 crowd... a mix between fsxNet and
ArakNet; and ANSi is a part of zer0... we need Adept in our FTN-lives!

I applied in 2000 and was basically ignored. Screw that.
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