Subj : ??
To   : Nick Andre
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Feb 15 2023 07:43 pm

Hello Nick!

 NA> I will never understand "stats"... those that collect
 NA> them, those that read them, the idea that one can judge
 NA> whats a good echo or not based on an arbitrary number of
 NA> posts. Especially busy-idiots who post them routinely as
 NA> part of some stupid script out of a need to feel
 NA> important.

Granted, the stats of some of the echos are highly skewed with  
the repetative auto-posts with rules and stuff.  However, it is  
good to have something to indicate that some life in them  
exists and that someone has an eye on them.


 NA> Some echoes have lots of messages but are completely devoid of any
 NA> interesting content while others have only a few posts but can be very
 NA> interesting.

I suppose it's a lot like tuning into a ham-radio channel and  
hope that someone is there to have a chat.

The ELIST provides a healthy list of FTN echos. People simply  
need to contribute to the ones that they are interested to see  
spring with more life.
-- 
  ../|ug

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