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  • Re: scinet

    From Gary McCulloch@1:154/50 to Deepend on Fri Dec 23 17:51:09 2022
    On Thu 22-Dec-2022 11:59p, Deepend@1:342/11.0 said to Nick Andre:
    Is Scinet still a thing anywhere? noticed the only mentions I find is
    here and
    scinet-ftn.org on archive.org.
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    The main hub went down. Even though it did not have much action, I wish it was still there. I would host it, but I have no knowledge of running a HUB.

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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Gary Mcculloch on Fri Dec 23 22:04:20 2022
    On 23 Dec 22 17:51:09, Gary Mcculloch said the following to Deepend:

    scinet-ftn.org on archive.org.

    The main hub went down. Even though it did not have much action, I wi it was still there. I would host it, but I have no knowledge of running a

    Netsurge/Frank was a cool guy and he made Scinet a good hangout but when he pulled an "Irish goodbye" it ticked off a lot of Sysops.

    Its best to leave dead nets in the past. What happens is someone starts a new one or resurrects some nostalgia and pretty soon the same familiar faces make their appearance. With the same convo, same noise... nothing original.

    Too much supply, not enough demand.

    Nick

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