• Rename Fidonet

    From Alex Galiyev@1:129/14.1 to All on Sun Jul 27 00:42:39 2025
    Hello All!

    How about we rename Fidonet to Wardnet or Dosschenet?

    He won't give up his power until he dies. This is clearly a dictatorship.

    He keeps saying, "It's just about maintaining the nodelist," then turns around and threatens people with excommunication. On top of that, he complains that he doesn't even get paid for the job.

    He let a member of Fidonet file a lawsuit against him. How pathetic and irresponsible is it for Ward to let things get that far instead of trying to calm the situation down?

    Ward acts like a typical dictator.

    His supporters (bootlickers) keep voting for him - that's how he wins every election.

    Fidonet became Ward's personal network with his own slaves, what's the purpose of calling it Fidonet?

    Alex

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  • From Nick Boel@1:154/700 to Ward Dossche on Sun Jul 27 18:01:57 2025
    Hey Ward!

    On Sun, Jul 27 2025 07:02:13 -0500, you wrote:

    It's one of the biggest misconceptions that there's indeed no power
    to be had in Fidonet.

    I guess, one doesn't actually know what it entails to do the job of a *C (which isn't much, to be honest), until they do it themselves.

    Those with *C status have been/are accused of this, but that's simply ignorance.You just try to do the best you can, and then you just take
    that one guy who's been dealing with heartburn for 30 years and let
    him rant if it makes him happy. There are pills for heartburn, by the
    way.

    I'm not sure there are pills for obsessions like that, though. Which is why I had to throw that /Billy Madison/ reference in there, as that's what I pictured he would be doing. You're just next in line on his list.

    Most of the time I forget I'm a *C, until an applicant is sent my way, or I have to make nodelist adjustments. Otherwise, it's definitely nothing exciting to brag about. Taking on extra responsibilities for free, basically.

    Enjoy the remainder of the week-end.

    Since yours is probably already over (I only have about 6 hours left of it, and just mowed the lawn in 90F with what seems like 1000% humidity), enjoy the next week instead!

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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