Subj : Echomail could use a landing page
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Nov 18 2020 06:02 pm

Hello Charles!

** On Wednesday 18.11.20 - 09:49, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:

 CP> Hello, August Abolins.
 CP> On 11/17/20 9:30 PM you wrote:

 CP>>> https://books2read.com/u/47QZq3

 AA>> Echomail could use a landing page like that with little icons that
 AA>> represent the various echos, and a FAQ on what echomail is and how
 AA>> to participate.

 CP> BBSes have all of the options to do pretty much that. Just not
 CP> necessarily pretty buttons.

Maybe. But how are you going to inform the user/ 
conversationalist that such a thing as echomail even exits  
when they probably have it in their heads that BBSing from the  
80's is dead and requires retro computers to access?

There is nothing out that promotes that the othernets of yore  
are still viable from modern devices.

Most potential users are reading blogs and forums that cater  
to their interest.  Ephemeral conversation is often limited to  
Facebook - because that is all they know.

If there was a landing page that describes what echomail is  
and how to use it (either via the Telegram app, or fTelnet or  
whatever interface) then they can be informed about the  
strange world of BBSing via their devices too.

I think the messaging component should be promoted first,  
*then* the BBS. Not the other way around as it is now.

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