• Parler

    From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MOONDOG on Sunday, November 15, 2020 09:37:00
    Personally I've been seeing my freinds going to MeWe and Parler because they want to keep the social updates coming in

    A friend of mine got me to open an account on Parler but so far I have not really got the hang of it. Best as I can tell, it is a cross between
    Twitter (which I never used) and FB?


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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANT to Dumas Walker on Sunday, November 15, 2020 18:13:00
    Dumas Walker wrote to MOONDOG <=-

    Personally I've been seeing my freinds going to MeWe and Parler because they want to keep the social updates coming in

    A friend of mine got me to open an account on Parler but so far I
    have not really got the hang of it. Best as I can tell, it is a
    cross between Twitter (which I never used) and FB?

    Yeah I opened one too and agree with you. Kind of a strange
    interface, and I'm pretty much underwhelmed with it so far. I'll
    check in on it once in a while but doesn't seem too exciting.



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  • From Dr. What@VERT/DMINE to Dumas Walker on Monday, November 16, 2020 10:27:00
    Dumas Walker wrote to MOONDOG <=-

    A friend of mine got me to open an account on Parler but so far I have
    not really got the hang of it. Best as I can tell, it is a cross
    between Twitter (which I never used) and FB?

    Parler is closer to Twitter. MeWe is like Facebook. Rumble is like YouTube. All without the censorship - for now. We'll see what happens after Soros buys them (like Fox news).


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DR. WHAT on Monday, November 16, 2020 16:06:00
    Parler is closer to Twitter. MeWe is like Facebook. Rumble is like YouTube. >All without the censorship - for now. We'll see what happens after Soros buys >them (like Fox news).

    Did Soros really buy Fox news?


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  • From Dr. What@VERT/DMINE to Dumas Walker on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 08:40:00
    Dumas Walker wrote to DR. WHAT <=-

    Did Soros really buy Fox news?

    That's what it looks like.

    There was an interview recently that they did. When the interviewee brought
    up issues with Soros, they chopped the interview.


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  • From Sprite@VERT/TINTETBB to Digital Man on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 07:21:31
    Re: Re: Before Bandwidth / Af
    By: Digital Man to Arelor on Tue Nov 17 2020 22:17:35

    Which Synchronet interface are you referring to? I'm not being defensive, I' just curious, because Synchronet is a bit of a chameleon to remote (terminal users and could likely impersonate Citidal/UX or any other BBS interface you find more easy to understand. Synchronet installs come with several command shells that are either greatly simplified (and "easy") or emulate other popu BBS programs of the 1990s.

    Oh it's pretty damn close to being able to do that, actually.

    See also: https://gitlab.com/dgetsman/ddoc3

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  • From Sprite@VERT/TINTETBB to Arelor on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 07:24:47
    Re: Re: Before Bandwidth / Af
    By: Arelor to Sprite on Wed Nov 18 2020 03:03:54

    As far as I have heard, it is the true inheritor of the original Citadel codebase, which got opensourced at some point.

    The current iteration has a web frond end you can install separately, but th core is, at its heart, a very minimalistic BBS. It is cool because you can t enable IMAP and other services on top of it, which I think makes for a great groupware for small orgs.

    Yeah I believe that vDOC & DOC were complete rewrites, and AFAIK they were only functional for the text interface portions of the system. After having looked at the site a little bit, though, I think that the rest of it could be handled fairly well through Synchronet using a lot of the resources already in place for the system. Some of the functionality would require add-ons (ie calendaring and the like that doesn't have anything vaguely related in the BBS plethora), but you could emulate a whole hell of a lot of the whole experience.
    If I can get the command shell up and working, it'd be kind of fun to take off and run with it and see how much of the web interface could be tailored the same...

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DR. WHAT on Thursday, November 19, 2020 13:22:00
    Did Soros really buy Fox news?

    That's what it looks like.

    There was an interview recently that they did. When the interviewee brought up issues with Soros, they chopped the interview.

    That is the theory, but I have not seen any actual evidence that the
    Murdoch family has sold it. I know that interview chop happened, though.


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  • From Dr. What@VERT/DMINE to Dumas Walker on Friday, November 20, 2020 09:30:00
    Dumas Walker wrote to DR. WHAT <=-

    That is the theory, but I have not seen any actual evidence that the Murdoch family has sold it. I know that interview chop happened,
    though.

    And you are correct about that. It's theory.

    But we do have tweets by the Murdoch's wife that indicates Fox is just as anti-Trump as the rest of the Media. At the very least, we know that Fox is **not** a reliable source of news.


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  • From Dennisk@VERT/EOTLBBS to Dr. What on Sunday, November 08, 2020 00:47:00
    Dr. What wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    Dumas Walker wrote to DR. WHAT <=-

    That is the theory, but I have not seen any actual evidence that the Murdoch family has sold it. I know that interview chop happened,
    though.

    And you are correct about that. It's theory.

    But we do have tweets by the Murdoch's wife that indicates Fox is just
    as anti-Trump as the rest of the Media. At the very least, we know
    that Fox is **not** a reliable source of news.

    Any "mainstream news" is **not** reliable. The News Media is just there
    to support the establishment, AKA The Cathedral.
    Tucker Carlson would be the only reason I would watch Fox News.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Dennisk on Saturday, November 21, 2020 07:00:00
    Dennisk wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Tucker Carlson would be the only reason I would watch Fox News.

    The only reason I'd watch Tucker Carlson is to remember him inviting
    Jon Stewart on Crossfire and being thoroughly humiliated.



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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, November 21, 2020 15:41:46
    Re: Re: Parler
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dennisk on Sat Nov 21 2020 07:00 am

    Dennisk wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Tucker Carlson would be the only reason I would watch Fox News.

    The only reason I'd watch Tucker Carlson is to remember him inviting
    Jon Stewart on Crossfire and being thoroughly humiliated.


    you mean jon stewart, the guy who could never make it as a comedian? like bill maher
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  • From Dr. What@VERT/DMINE to Dennisk on Sunday, November 22, 2020 11:55:00
    Dennisk wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Any "mainstream news" is **not** reliable. The News Media is just
    there to support the establishment, AKA The Cathedral.

    Which is one of the big reasons my TV's pretty much been off since March. I used to watch local news, but the propaganda
    level got too high.

    Tucker Carlson would be the only reason I would watch Fox News.

    With the issues at Fox news, I fully expect Tucker to move to Newmax or OANN soon.



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  • From Sprite@VERT/TINTETBB to Dennisk on Sunday, November 22, 2020 16:29:58
    Re: Re: Parler
    By: Dennisk to Dr. What on Sun Nov 08 2020 00:47:00

    Any "mainstream news" is **not** reliable. The News Media is just there
    to support the establishment, AKA The Cathedral.
    Tucker Carlson would be the only reason I would watch Fox News.

    Bingo. I don't know who the hell Tucker Carlson is... Just because I try to make sure, as a general life goal, that I remain completely unfamiliar with _anything_ having to do with the primary propaganda outlets; I'm curious as to why you think Tucker Carlson is worth watching, though...

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  • From Dennisk@VERT/EOTLBBS to Dr. What on Monday, November 23, 2020 06:26:08
    Re: Re: Parler
    By: Dr. What to Dennisk on Sun Nov 22 2020 11:55:00

    Dennisk wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Any "mainstream news" is **not** reliable. The News Media is just there to support the establishment, AKA The Cathedral.

    Which is one of the big reasons my TV's pretty much been off since March. I used to watch local news, but the propaganda
    level got too high.

    Tucker Carlson would be the only reason I would watch Fox News.

    With the issues at Fox news, I fully expect Tucker to move to Newmax or OANN soon.

    Doesn't Donald Trump want to start his own channel? I would expect that Tucker would be asked to join.

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  • From Dennisk@VERT/EOTLBBS to Sprite on Monday, November 23, 2020 06:30:37
    Re: news vs propaganda
    By: Sprite to Dennisk on Sun Nov 22 2020 16:29:58

    Re: Re: Parler
    By: Dennisk to Dr. What on Sun Nov 08 2020 00:47:00

    Any "mainstream news" is **not** reliable. The News Media is just there to support the establishment, AKA The Cathedral.
    Tucker Carlson would be the only reason I would watch Fox News.

    Bingo. I don't know who the hell Tucker Carlson is... Just because I try to make sure, as a general life goal, that I remain completely unfamiliar with _anything_ having to do with the primary propaganda outlets; I'm curious as to why you think Tucker Carlson is worth watching, though...

    Tucker speaks his mind, and seems to not care too much about towing the line. I wonder how he remains employed sometimes.

    Tucker Carlson both rails against the far Left, but also big business and the war machine. He seems not to be too partisan, and not too concerned about being on the right side of the establishment.

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  • From Lupine Furmen@VERT/FURFOL to Dennisk on Monday, November 23, 2020 09:28:44
    Re: Re: Before Bandwidth / Af
    By: Dennisk to MRO on Tue Nov 17 2020 21:43:00

    2.7 billion people use facebook.
    the proof is in the pudding.

    Do 2.7 billion people communicate meaningfully on FB, or does it just have 2.6 billion which scroll through feeds idly?

    FaceBook is the largest spyware platform out there, second only to Windows. It tracks every move you make on the net, not just what you do on their site.

    Something you do NOT have to worry about with BBS'.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dennisk on Monday, November 23, 2020 16:16:24
    Re: Re: Parler
    By: Dennisk to Dr. What on Mon Nov 23 2020 06:26 am

    Doesn't Donald Trump want to start his own channel? I would expect that Tucker would be asked to join.


    trump should start his own twitter clone. people are so obsessed with him it would probably put twatter out of business.
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  • From Dennisk@VERT/EOTLBBS to Lupine Furmen on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 21:40:00
    Lupine Furmen wrote to Dennisk <=-

    Re: Re: Before Bandwidth / Af
    By: Dennisk to MRO on Tue Nov 17 2020 21:43:00

    2.7 billion people use facebook.
    the proof is in the pudding.

    Do 2.7 billion people communicate meaningfully on FB, or does it just have 2.6 billion which scroll through feeds idly?

    FaceBook is the largest spyware platform out there, second only to Windows. It tracks every move you make on the net, not just what you do
    on their site.

    Something you do NOT have to worry about with BBS'.
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    You think Windows is worse than Facebook?

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  • From Sprite@VERT/TINTETBB to Dennisk on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 08:53:59
    Re: news vs propaganda
    By: Dennisk to Sprite on Mon Nov 23 2020 06:30:37

    Tucker speaks his mind, and seems to not care too much about towing the line. I wonder how he remains employed sometimes.

    I'll have to check this fellow out. I'll have to admit, though, I'm a bit biased against this fellow from the start. I'll try to give him a fair shot, though. You just don't get anywhere on those networks without knowing whose ass to kiss and how to appropriately insert the tongue, if you catch my drift. I'm willing to bet that some individuals go in there with a whole fully fledged character development outline ready to go. A bit like a character in WWF/WWE/whatever the hell it is now. Maybe this guy is just in his 'early' stages, still picking it up as a newb in the network, not yet having seen 'the light' of whichever side (gee I wonder) he's going to end up taking in the future, as his character develops.
    BTW: You don't tow a line, you toe it. Or the drill sergeants fuck you up. :)

    Tucker Carlson both rails against the far Left, but also big business and the war machine. He seems not to be too partisan, and not too concerned about being on the right side of the establishment.

    I would think that 'both' would indicate that far left + (big business/the war machine) are in some sort of dichotomy. What you're saying is that he's a bit on the right, and rails against big business/war machine. I guess those maybe are some light saving graces compared to the 'hardcore right-wing republican' core type that we have around where I'm at. Heh. Anyway there's not really a dichotomy in those terms, just sounds like he's a bit more moderate. It's not like Fox went and put a liberal on the air. I would imagine, especially at this point in the game, that they're also trying to pander a bit to a political climate which has shifted fairly hard (by the numbers, not the individuals, I mean) against the right recently...
    And here I swore I wasn't going to get pulled into politics today.

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  • From HusTler@VERT/HAVENS to Lupine Furmen on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 22:24:07
    Re: FB (was: Before Bandwidth / Af)
    By: Lupine Furmen to Dennisk on Mon Nov 23 2020 09:28 am

    FaceBook is the largest spyware platform out there, second only to Windows. tracks every move you make on the net, not just what you do on their site.

    Something you do NOT have to worry about with BBS'.

    Think so?? We all know what you're doing dude. ;-)

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  • From Dennisk@VERT/EOTLBBS to Sprite on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 20:41:00
    Sprite wrote to Dennisk <=-

    Re: news vs propaganda
    By: Dennisk to Sprite on Mon Nov 23 2020 06:30:37

    Tucker speaks his mind, and seems to not care too much about towing the line. I wonder how he remains employed sometimes.

    I'll have to check this fellow out. I'll have to admit, though, I'm
    a bit biased against this fellow from the start. I'll try to give him
    a fair shot, though. You just don't get anywhere on those networks without knowing whose ass to kiss and how to appropriately insert the tongue, if you catch my drift. I'm willing to bet that some
    individuals go in there with a whole fully fledged character
    development outline ready to go. A bit like a character in WWF/WWE/whatever the hell it is now. Maybe this guy is just in his 'early' stages, still picking it up as a newb in the network, not yet having seen 'the light' of whichever side (gee I wonder) he's going to
    end up taking in the future, as his character develops.
    BTW: You don't tow a line, you toe it. Or the drill sergeants fuck
    you up. :)

    Tucker Carlson both rails against the far Left, but also big business and the war machine. He seems not to be too partisan, and not too concerned about being on the right side of the establishment.

    I would think that 'both' would indicate that far left + (big business/the war machine) are in some sort of dichotomy. What you're saying is that he's a bit on the right, and rails against big
    business/war machine. I guess those maybe are some light saving graces compared to the 'hardcore right-wing republican' core type that we have around where I'm at. Heh. Anyway there's not really a dichotomy in
    those terms, just sounds like he's a bit more moderate. It's not like
    Fox went and put a liberal on the air. I would imagine, especially at this point in the game, that they're also trying to pander a bit to a political climate which has shifted fairly hard (by the numbers, not
    the individuals, I mean) against the right recently...
    And here I swore I wasn't going to get pulled into politics today.

    The political landscape is constantly changing. 10 years ago, your average "right winger" would have been pro business, and defended the right of business to do what it pleases in the face of regulation. Big Tech changed that, so Tuckers stance isn't that unique, but it is different. But he's also critised wealth inequality, and taken some stands that the left unfortunately have abandoned.

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  • From Lupine Furmen@VERT/FURFOL to Dennisk on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 19:57:16
    Re: FB (was: Before Bandwidth
    By: Dennisk to Lupine Furmen on Tue Nov 24 2020 21:40:00

    You think Windows is worse than Facebook?

    Windows 10, you better believe it.
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  • From Lupine Furmen@VERT/FURFOL to HusTler on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 19:58:35
    Re: FB (was: Before Bandwidth / Af)
    By: HusTler to Lupine Furmen on Tue Nov 24 2020 22:24:07

    Think so?? We all know what you're doing dude. ;-)

    OH??? Do tell! <bounces eyebrows>
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  • From Dennisk@VERT/EOTLBBS to Lupine Furmen on Thursday, November 26, 2020 21:01:00
    Lupine Furmen wrote to Dennisk <=-

    Re: FB (was: Before Bandwidth
    By: Dennisk to Lupine Furmen on Tue Nov 24 2020 21:40:00

    You think Windows is worse than Facebook?

    Windows 10, you better believe it.
    -+-

    I know Windows 10 has telemetry, but from what I can see, the scope of data harvesting is less than that of FB.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DIGITAL MAN on Wednesday, December 02, 2020 17:37:00
    Actually, On Syncronet 'R' is Re-read the message, and 'A' is Reply. So in that respect Mystic is more logical with 'R' for Reply and 'A' for Read 'A'gain.

    And in Synchronet those 2 reading-posts commands are easily reversed if that's
    what you're used to.

    I have changed main menu commands easily enough. Where does one find the
    place to change the message menu commands?

    Thanks!


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Dumas Walker on Friday, December 04, 2020 20:42:41
    Re: Message menu commands
    By: Dumas Walker to DIGITAL MAN on Wed Dec 02 2020 05:37 pm

    Actually, On Syncronet 'R' is Re-read the message, and 'A' is Reply. So in that respect Mystic is more logical with 'R' for Reply and 'A' for Read 'A'gain.

    And in Synchronet those 2 reading-posts commands are easily reversed if that's
    what you're used to.

    I have changed main menu commands easily enough. Where does one find the place to change the message menu commands?

    The "built-in" reading messages menu is hard-coded with on the A/R commands allowing for swap. See exec/ra_emu.src for an example of how that's done. You could also replace the entire reading mail interface, see exec/msglist.js for an example of that.
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