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    From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Dan Clough on Sat Feb 22 17:56:00 2025
    Dan Clough -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2025-02-22 16:37:
    Yeah...... nothing is ever inaccurate in the "newspaper"...

    Just don't look at the Fido Software section...

    <EYEROLL>

    Roll your eyes as much as you want, but instead of the usual response from the Peanut Gallery, you could inform the list keeper of any errors.

    Ironically, he also happens to be the present chair of the FTSC, but you didn't know that either, did you?

    So be careful with whom you insult here, claiming that he does not do an excellent job even against all the negativisms like yours and your ilks.



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  • From Nick Boel@1:154/10 to Björn Felten on Sat Feb 22 11:07:50 2025
    Hey Björn!

    On Sat, Feb 22 2025 16:56:00 -0600, you wrote:

    Roll your eyes as much as you want, but instead of the usual response
    from the Peanut Gallery, you could inform the list keeper of any
    errors.

    Just to clarify for future reference..

    So any and all requests for change sent to the 'editor', who is technically the one that can edit any of the pages before they finalize a release of the newsletter, get ignored?

    If so, then one can ask are you an actual editor, or just a publisher?

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Dan Clough@1:135/115 to Nick Boel on Sat Feb 22 15:12:58 2025
    Nick Boel wrote to Bj}{rn Felten <=-

    Roll your eyes as much as you want, but instead of the usual response
    from the Peanut Gallery, you could inform the list keeper of any
    errors.

    Just to clarify for future reference..

    So any and all requests for change sent to the 'editor', who is technically the one that can edit any of the pages before they finalize
    a release of the newsletter, get ignored?

    Yes. He's *very* busy, you know. Maintaining that newsletter is a very demanding fulltime job and he MUST delegate such tasks to subordinates.

    If so, then one can ask are you an actual editor, or just a publisher?

    He's neither. He launches a script (or likely a "batch file") which
    takes the various pieces of boilerplate text (that never change) and
    stitches them together into one chunk that is then auto-posted. This
    takes approximately 8.4 seconds, and has to be done EVERY WEEK. I don't
    know how he can manage such a workload.



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