Greetings!

Thanks to yet another Mystic Guy video (much love, Avon), I've managed to
bring PiBBS onto FidoNet, too!

Now I have a whole 'nother group of people to annoy! \(^_^)/

All joking aside, I will try my best to bring fsxNet values to FidoNet.
Despite a certain hobbit who keeps antagonizing me, even there...

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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Thanks to yet another Mystic Guy video (much love, Avon), I've managed to bring PiBBS onto FidoNet, too!

Now I have a whole 'nother group of people to annoy! \(^_^)/

All joking aside, I will try my best to bring fsxNet values to FidoNet. Despite a certain hobbit who keeps antagonizing me, even there...

On second thought, maybe I'll just stick to fsxNet...
\(@_@)/

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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All joking aside, I will try my best to bring fsxNet values to FidoNet.

From my experience, there isn't a whole lot of moderation going on with Fido; if you draw your gun, you better be ready to shoot :)

I particularly like fsxNet, because Avon is keen to maintain an enjoyable experience for everyone.

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From my experience, there isn't a whole lot of moderation going on with Fido; if you draw your gun, you better be ready to shoot :)

I've noticed. Notwise Gamgee immediately started attacking me as soon as I posted my first message.

My ex will be the first to tell you, sometimes I shoot my gun too early. But
my bullets always find their target. That's how I became a father! ;)

I particularly like fsxNet, because Avon is keen to maintain an enjoyable experience for everyone.

I have to agree, on both points. Avon is very quick to respond to poor behaviour, and this is why fsxNet is better!

Fido is for the dogs!

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)

Thanks to yet another Mystic Guy video (much love, Avon), I've managed to bring PiBBS onto FidoNet, too!

Now I have a whole 'nother group of people to annoy! \(^_^)/

All joking aside, I will try my best to bring fsxNet values to FidoNet. Despite a certain hobbit who keeps antagonizing me, even there...

Good work. I will have to check your BBS when I get back ho
e
being a Pi user myself.

regards,
boraxman

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Good work. I will have to check your BBS when I get back ho
e
being a Pi user myself.

You will be most welcome!

Just, keep in mind...I've only been working on it for a month...

Also, fidonet access is currently locked to users. It will take some time for me to figure out which echos to unlock for general viewing.

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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On 10 Jan 2022 at 11:11a, TALIADON pondered and said...

I particularly like fsxNet, because Avon is keen to maintain an enjoyable experience for everyone.

I try, but I do see it as a group effort... for the most part I think folks do well.... and we all have our 'off' days, cause we're human.

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On 10 Jan 2022 at 06:54a, McDoob pondered and said...

Fido is for the dogs!

I think that's a little unfair, here's my 2 cents.

Fido has some superb history and color and that's stuff that only comes with time. There's been some super developments over the years in FTN tech that have come from the Fido community and so forth. I would be sad to see Fido cease and hope it lasts a long long time yet :)

For the most part I think Fidonet is a good network and run by well meaning people who do their best to keep the thing ticking along and who care for it and it's history.

There are some interesting conversations in some echomail areas between people to be found in Fidonet. You will find that because of the over size of the BBS community globally, there are a number of folks that are common to many networks (including Fido). I find find conversations jump around between networks and echos between the same people at times. This can be a tad hard to keep up with, just saying ;-)

With the history / passage of time in Fido there are a few folks in Fido echos that do seem to carry an ongoing grudge against each other. Often debates or niggles that spans years. It seems somewhat futile to spend so much energy
talking about XYZ in 1990 or ABC in the 2000s but hey, if they choose to spend their time writing back and forth in angry tones that's their affair I guess.

But for me life's to short to be in an ongoing battle or niggle for weeks, months or years.

All of which to say is don't discount Fidonet as a source of fun and BBS activity. You may wish to lurk a bit then post when you think the thread is of interest etc.

Best, Paul

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Fido is for the dogs!

I think that's a little unfair, here's my 2 cents.

That was a knee-jerk statement, after my first few minutes on fido, and yes,
a little unfair. In my defence, I had a couple of people get pretty rude with me immediately after my first couple of posts. It would be unfair indeed to discount an entire net because of a couple of people...unless they were the only ones there... :)

But for me life's to short to be in an ongoing battle or niggle for
weeks, months or years.

Amen! I find my self saying 'Life's too short for this $#!T' a lot, as I get older...

All of which to say is don't discount Fidonet as a source of fun and BBS activity. You may wish to lurk a bit then post when you think the thread is of interest etc.

Good advice. I am currently taking part in a thread about basic Linux concepts with a well-mannered person, and I find it quite enjoyable.

As always, my problem is a lack of self-control when people give me attitude. Or, rather, when I percieve that attitude. I've struggled with it for a long time. It really is difficult for me to choose not to respond. I'm always trying to improve on that.

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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On 10 Jan 22 22:06:06, Mcdoob said the following to Avon:

As always, my problem is a lack of self-control when people give me attitude Or, rather, when I percieve that attitude. I've struggled with it for a long time. It really is difficult for me to choose not to respond. I'm always try to improve on that.

All I can say to this my friend is that I've "been there done that".

When the trolls proclaim that if you don't like what they have to say, hit the Next key.... they're right. Unfortunately.

And I have to oversee a significant operation of that Fido cesspool...

Atreyu

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And I have to oversee a significant operation of that Fido cesspool...

I do not envy you, at all! :)

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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On 10 Jan 2022 at 10:06p, McDoob pondered and said...

As always, my problem is a lack of self-control when people give me attitude. Or, rather, when I percieve that attitude. I've struggled with it for a long time. It really is difficult for me to choose not to respond. I'm always trying to improve on that.

If it helps, my son, I, and most of the world can suffer from the same affliction at times :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/11/06 (Linux/64)
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As always, my problem is a lack of self-control when people give

me

attitude. Or, rather, when I percieve that attitude. I've

struggled with

it for a long time. It really is difficult for me to choose not

to

respond. I'm always trying to improve on that.

I have taken the bait many 'o time, and lived to regert it every time. I thought things would have changed for me when I returned to BBSing in
the past few years, but it's the exact same urge/instinct to respond now
as it was in 1995, LOL.


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Atreyu wrote to Mcdoob <=-

When the trolls proclaim that if you don't like what they have to say,
hit the Next key.... they're right. Unfortunately.

I recall reading the "rules" in the Policy4 document.

1. Don't be excessively annoying.
2. Don't be excessively annoyed.

It seems like rule 1 is enforced and people forget rule 2.

And I have to oversee a significant operation of that Fido cesspool...

You've got a whole zone of sysops and other zones to deal with; my region
gets along quite nicely and I've never had issues with the other RCs. I'm fortunate for that.




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I try, but I do see it as a group effort... for the most part I think folks do well.... and we all have our 'off' days, cause we're human.

Absolutely. I'm yet to have a bad experience here.

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Also, fidonet access is currently locked to users. It will take some time for me to figure out which echos to unlock for general viewing.

I had to laugh at this - I'm in the same boat. I have no nets available for general use at this time while I evaluate and let some things settle in.
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Also, fidonet access is currently locked to users. It will take some ti for me to figure out which echos to unlock for general viewing.

I had to laugh at this - I'm in the same boat. I have no nets available for general use at this time while I evaluate and let some things settle in.

Ah, fsxNet is completely unlocked for general use on PiBBS. I don't expect
too many instances of...colourful language...on this net, the way I do on
fido. And I wouldn't want Joe Public's children to see that on my BBS.

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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Fido is for the dogs!

You seem to be holding your own in the Poly-ticks echo. :)



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Fido is for the dogs!

You seem to be holding your own in the Poly-ticks echo. :)

I never said I couldn't be a dog, too. :)

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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On 11 Jan 2022 at 02:01p, aLPHA pondered and said...

I have taken the bait many 'o time, and lived to regert it every time. I thought things would have changed for me when I returned to BBSing in
the past few years, but it's the exact same urge/instinct to respond now as it was in 1995, LOL.

I *try* to be good in this regard also, and for the most part I think I do OK. Where things come unstuck is either I misread emotion into/out of text communication or the recipient of my communications does the same to me :)

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On 11 Jan 2022 at 03:29p, TALIADON pondered and said...

Absolutely. I'm yet to have a bad experience here.

Well the day may come, it has at times for me, but I try to keep it all in perspective. Most of the times I do :)

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Well the day may come, it has at times for me, but I try to keep it all
in perspective. Most of the times I do :)

Couldn't have phrased it better myself: the further we distance ourselves, the smaller things become.

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On 12 Jan 2022, TALIADON said the following...

Couldn't have phrased it better myself: the further we distance
ourselves, the smaller things become.

I like that. I'll have to use that one...

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