Subj : Way to go!
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Sep 21 2020 09:18 am

Hello Old-Timer! ..er, Martin!  LOL

** On Monday 21.09.20 - 09:58, Martin Foster wrote to Charles Pierson:

 CP>>>> So you're saying we talk too much?
 AT>>> No! But we're giving Fido a future, and I like it.

 CP>> I suppose relatively.  No new blood yet, just activity from old timers.

 MF> Assuming that you mean "new blood" = "non-fido users", I
 MF> fail to see how new blood is going to be attracted to a
 MF> private group ??

How?  - Advertising and self-promotion. Having a private group  
is the only way to dissuade spam.

[] Existing users can add their TgM contact IDs in their  
signatures.

[] We can locate some other sysops/users that might already be  
using Telegram and inform them of the new option.

[] Moderators can update their ELIST entries to mention the  
Telegram option and the relevant @contact ID to get started.

[] The current list of available echos can be advertised in  
the other echos that are already gated.

The gate is still in its infancy, and only a handful of echos  
are available, so the build-up can't be expected to go very  
fast. But, next year, Stas plans to release some code that  
sysops may like to implement on their own.

[] It probably wouldn't be hard to create a channel on TgM to  
just announce the gate and how to join.  Maybe interested  
sysops could create their own channel on TgM to promote their  
BBSes and how to join the echos.  Currently, a search for  
"BBS" on TgM doesn't show any groups or channels with those  
letters.  So, a sysop could create something there and help  
people steer their way to a specific BBS with all the relevant  
info.
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  ../|ug

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