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 Message 2021 
 Richard Miles to Kurt Weiske 
 Re: https://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_o 
 20 Sep 20 16:12:10 
 
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PID: Telegram to fido gate by Stas Mishchenkov
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Answering a msg from Kurt Weiske:
>-=> Brother Rabbit wrote to All <=-
>
> BR> https://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/6/8/3/14737386.jpg
>
> Starting to get a little frustrated with the Telegram integration.
> Fidonet's always been about communication, and one of the things I
> appreciate about it is the long-form capability of Fido echoes - most
> BBSes and offline readers support paragraphs and formatting, unlike
> Facebook or Twitter.
>
> Posting links to jpegs with no accompanying text loses something in
> the translation once it gets back to the BBSes it originates from.
>
> When I see a message in a Fido echo with no content save for an image
> URL, I'm reminded that just because something can be done, that it
> doesn't follow that it should be done.
>
> Or, maybe I'm just old-school.
>
>
>
>... Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

I do like like seeing some explanation at least. I don't mind clicking the
link 
to go check it out if I know what it is. I'm used to doing that on my desktop 
with my telnet client and a browser already.

The formatting should be fine and quoting, while not as easily "pick and 
choose" as it is in a full screen editor, can still be done.


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