[Noisebridge-discuss] FidoNet Policy as community history

Naomi Most pnaomi at gmail.com
Mon Mar 31 21:21:04 UTC 2014


Yep, that's a valid criticism.

Was your point to shut down this entire thread?  Because it really
feels like that.



On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Historical stuff is fun, but please keep in mind that the fidonet
> community although flamey and enraging, had an underlying motivating
> thing - you could just be disconnected. So there's still a power
> hierarchy present there.
>
>
> -a
>
>
> On 31 March 2014 13:36, Naomi Gmail <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Submitted for the consideration of Noisebridgers interested in a Better Way, the FidoNet workings came to the mind of a coworker when i told him about what's happening at NB lately.
>>
>> http://www.fidonet.org/policy4.txt
>>
>> (This is a discussion topic, not a proposal.)
>>
>> Interesting aspects of FidoNet:
>>
>> * a hierarchical tree structure where regional nodes branch from a center.
>>
>> * concerns and complaints are raised at the smallest node level, and escalated if they can't be resolved.
>>
>> There are echoes here of systems proposals for NB that involve working groups.
>>
>> Just something to ponder.
>>
>> --Naomi
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