MH> I'd preferred a middle-way: A good backbone with a lot of links, run MH> by able and trustworthy people.
That is POTS area think. Those days are gone.
MH> The current anarchy-mode is out of control. Completely.
Fidonet always was a cooperative anarchy. There were periods that people took "control" with various degree of succes. But in the end it was always abused. Those days are gone.
MH> Especially when systems start to create echos on their own and MH> distribute them wildly. No coordination ... and unnecessary work to MH> keep the system clean.
You have returned to Fidonet after a couple of decades of absence. I have been around during that absence of yours, Fidonet has evolved, I have evolved with it. As you say Switzerland proves that people can return to Fidonet after decades of absence. But...
Many of those returnees think they can just pick up where they left. Some even think they can bring back the Fidonet of 20 or 30 years ago. That misunderstanding is a dominant reason the half life of returnees is a little bit less than a year. Fidonet has changed. Backbones are gone and the Fidoweb is here to stay. That is the reality of today...
