"Fidoer" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1994 February 9, Pat Gomes, “Next on BBC 2”, in alt.tv.mst3k (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026:",
          "text": "On a more serious note, I read on Fido (!) that guys in the Minneapolis area are putting ads on local papers looking for KTMA episodes. The theory being that maybe a MiSTie has the missing shows on tape and doesn't have access to a computer, and hence doesn't know about the desperate souls across the country. I'll keep my eyes open for anything, but the Fidoers usually seem less informed than the people here, we'll see.",
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          "ref": "2002 November 16, Max Yemets, “Question”, in fido7.kharkov.engl (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026:",
          "text": "Oh, yes!!! It's just a virus and I think that the Fidoers are highly infected by it! ;-)",
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          "ref": "2009 April 19, Chris Barts, “Opinion: The top 10 operating system stinkers”, in alt.folklore.computers (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026:",
          "text": "It was true of Usenet once. Now the masses are gone and only us geeks remain. Something similar has happened to Fidonet,^([sic]) except the Fidoers are trying to convince themselves that a telnet-accessable BBS is still the same as a dial-up BBS.",
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          "text": "It was true of Usenet once. Now the masses are gone and only us geeks remain. Something similar has happened to Fidonet,^([sic]) except the Fidoers are trying to convince themselves that a telnet-accessable BBS is still the same as a dial-up BBS.",
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