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Hello Rug Rat!

** On Saturday 10.01.26 - 12:18, Rug Rat wrote to Mike Powell:

 RR> On Sat 10-Jan-2026  9:55a, Mike Powell@1:2320/105.0 said to Rug Rat:

 MP>> To be fair, the subject matter is supposed to be a little
 MP>> different. This

 RR> Understand vis - visa the subject matter.  The main thing
 RR> I like about this ECHO is as mentioned above, the topics
 RR> usually start out with an actual objective news article,
 RR> if people want to follow up with a subjective response
 RR> they can.  So far it seems to keep things focused.

This echo "works" encouraging conversion because there is a  
good "seed" from some actual news story.  But primarily because  
the moderator does a little work to plant something that might  
be of interest to talk about.

The echoname CONSPRCY here doesn't really mean much.   It could  
just as well be AAABBBCCC.   ;) We're not really reading  
conspiracies.   The key is there a "seed".


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