🌻 Before the big social media companies, FidoNet was a network where people talked on simple bulletin boards.

You only saw the messages you chose, and you could download them to read later—no endless scrolling! It was simple, and the people had control.

What if we made the Fediverse work like that?

Here’s why it could work easily:
1️⃣ 📖 Read When You Want: You get the messages and read them later. No need to scroll all day. This keeps your energy right (Coherence).

2️⃣ 🎯 Only See What You Want: You choose the groups you read. No junk or bad vibes you didn't ask for. Clean feed, clean mind.

3️⃣ 🏡 You Own Your Friends: If you move to a new server, your connections move with you. You control your own online home.

This is why #fedi is so special. It puts people first. THIS IS THE WAY.

Thanks to @the_turtle for sharing about #FidoNet!

#OpenWeb #SovereignSystems #Decentralization

@Crissy i never actually ran a FidoNode. But i used them a lot in the old days. The message and file relay was the big attraction, much like Fedi these days (but in the early days "not calling long distance too much" and "not tying up the one landline with that 2400bps modem all night" were big factors.

@Crissy @the_turtle I really do miss the OLMRs (off-line mail-readers), they made keeping up easier.

Having a "mark as read" function would go a long way.

@nafmo hi Peter, thanks for sharing. I know you were referring to the OLMR, but honestly a `mark as read` function would also go a long way on other sites or apps :)
@Crissy Maybe an NNTP interface, so you can use a threading newsreader to access posts?