ZX-News #50 30 декабря 1999

Guru - Life in ehah. Step 1: How to write an echo.

                  Guru



   In the ZX-News has always published materials for beginners. 
The area was so vast - from the tips of soldering and 
programming to chewing statutes and rules of the network. 


   We finally renew this old
the good tradition of newspapers and offer your
attention an article devoted to this important element as 
ehokonferentsii. Until So far in the press only talks about

about the technical side, and nothing was said about the main 
thing - "how". Article Life in ehah, we hope to shed some light 
on this question. It consists of three parts:



   "Step 1: How to start writing in ekhi;

   "Step 2: How to gain credibility;

   "Step 3: How to become a moderator.


   The remaining two parts will be published
in cl. Room ZX-News. We draw your attention to the fact that 
the material is designed to ZXNet'chikov, so if you are using

not ZXNet'om as, for example, Fido - remember
about this (but this note is primarily concerned with only the 
latter part of the article:)). 
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(C) 1999 by JEDI Provocative


            -= Life ehah =

     Step 1: How to start writing in ekhi.


   Have you already purchased or collected the modem to learn 
to work with the BBS for a week or two of his stay in the 
network and this has recently interested in the strange files 
with the extension "Z", which turned out some marvelous

texts with intriguing dialogue "AM",
"KF", "AP" and the others asked in bewilderment about
these files, your boss, you learn that
they are called ehami and are a major
means of communication in the network. Then you will receive 
detailed instructions on using software, working with these 
texts and then that deters many potential subscribers - a 
collection of rules from the unknown and terrible moderator.



   Since then, a person selects two
way - at first it is limited to downloading software from the 
BBS, and the second is dipped into a full network life. If he 
Interestingly the latter, then sooner or later he necessarily 
meet that echo, where he discussed similar issues. 


   Suppose such an echo is found - and the man
eager to join the company of like-minded. Still, after all, for 
he is for their excellent procedure or superkrutoy secret 
games! And now it's ready press the desired button to create 
your own the first letter, when suddenly remembers chtoto and 
letters to the echo is not provided. 


   But even if it falls into an echo, there are only five 
percent of a hundred that Beginners "writer," will continue to 
send their letters. Why not? This will become clear

after meeting with the councils that follow.


   So here's the myth, widespread
among the newcomers: in ekhi write only the chosen ones, so to 
speak, the elite. And so to send back a letter, you need 
something to distinguish the network. Precisely because of this 
opinion Ninety percent of potential "writers" and there are 
only users BBS, since to declare itself a network, you need to 
prove himself ehah - obtained vicious circle. :) So, you know

that the power elite does not exist. In ehah
anyway - nobody cares about, whether
you're cool or clever hacker user!
The only thing that separated people who write in ekhi, so it 
is with those who justify their opinions, and those who do not 
does - ie, screamers. Human Face the network is subject (subj), 
more precisely, its point of view on it. Conclusion: send away 
those who scare behind your back about elitism "echo-writers" 
and boldly proceed with the creation of letters!



   Proceed to the second myth: Ehi - a dangerous thing, because 
there lives terribly angry and bad people (or even more terrible

moderator), which is just waiting,
to devour the newcomer, having silly for them to stray. From 
written above it is clear that it is not. :) Though it looks 
like this myth is ridiculous, but it has a very negative 
effect. Man, eager to write in ekhi, but scared of such a 
horror stories, in the end limited to so-called fence on the 
BBS (a its service option that allows you to create

short messages to other users, calling the station), where it 
remains live. However, the difference between the fence and 
ehoy the same as that between the quarry with water and

sea. This does not mean that the fences
"Suks and mazday" - far, how fast
correspondence between the users of BBS, they
very interesting and useful, but they are by no
Do not be a substitute for an echo!


   Hopefully doubts tseleobraznosti
sending letters to the echoes to rest. Incidentally,
about a phenomenon eh - moderatorials, ie,
stars and pluses of moderators
well as scare or cause nervous
Many beginners. So, know this: all
seasoned subscribers a "reward" is perceived as something like 
a baptism of fire! Therefore, if you shlopochete first star, 
can congratulate ourselves on this occasion - as did Alexander 
Suvorov at a luncheon at the Empress Catherine II. :)



   You are already rubbing his hands and prepared the same
night to write a bunch of emails with new themes, and how much 
you can spend too much time are these "Demomeykinga problems" 
or "how to get Mirror ?"... Stop! "So you came to that

shaky ground, where many could not resist. Think - and then 
there will cope with a dozen others, the responses have come to 
your letters? If we consider that Novice "writer" for a 
response takes at least ten or fifteen minutes, then becomes 
clear why, when the novice disappears from eh, after several 
days correspondence - all of this because, Ehi occupied

he has all his spare time, including what
which is assigned to go with tub. Although
and can ignore most of the letters, but then it will look like 
screamers, who can not defend their point of view ...

So to prevent this from happening to you,
the first week is better not to send in their ekhi
topics, and begin to answer some
discussed subj, for which you have
own opinion.


   Now that your first letter was in the echo, be prepared for 
that ... him no answer. But this should not

confuse you! Silence is often explained
not the fact that your letter is allegedly not interested
(Because if you're reading this, then it
can not be uninteresting:)), and
just the fact that, for example, your
point of view, nothing to add - that is, with you
totally agree. (Cole you definitely want to get an answer to my 
letter, then write to the person who has more

all posts in the echo. But be warned -
often then get rid of him will be
difficult. :)) Feel free to share your opinions on other topics 
of Interest you - and a week or two you should already be

steady correspondence. And as soon as you feel that you become 
intimately within it - which means it's time for Pushing own 
themes! Already gained experience saves you from excessive

letters about the consequences of which were mentioned above.


   So, here you are, and joined most
Best way to a society of like-minded. Now, after following 
these tips, communication in ehah will always remain under your 
control without taking your a lot of time and giving you 
nothing but joy! 



          To be continued ...


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