> >  > > Anyone Here?  
  > >  > > Ed "DOC" Koon - Sysop  
    
  > >  > Not in many months....  
    
  > > Its been dead ever since the moderator spot was taken over by Cassell,  
  the  
  > > entire venue greatly restricted by his heavy-handed rules setup, and all  
  > > open discussion completely smothered, as happens to all the echoes he  
  > > takes over.  
    
  > It seems to me that over moderating has contributed to the Fidonet message  
  > base decline, among other reasons, namely the Internet and Facebook that  
  > sends everyone's messages straight to the NSA and CIA for scrutiny.  
    
  I see it stated all over the Fidonet echoes that, without `users' sysops are  
  pretty well doing a BBS for nothing. That `users' are (or WERE) what BBS'ing  
  was about.  
    
  But...if certain `powerbrokers' are going to continue limiting `users'  
  access  
  to certain echoes....then `users' are not really part of Fidonet any more,  
  they are either just silent observers, or they finally just drop Fidonet  
  altogether. In which case Fidonet only consists of `sysops' and  
  `powerbrokers'  
  with the occasional short-lived newbie thrown in.  
    
  The more limited users are to only certain echoes, the more the conversation  
  becomes one-sided. Till all there is is one opinion...one way of thinking...  
  `...and all nature wears one uniform, silly grin..'  
    
    
    
    
  > Sticking with the conference topic.. We don't need no intern chasin  
  > Clinton's or Bernie Sanders in the whitehouse.  
    
  > Make America GREAT Again! Vote TRUMP!!!  
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