[jadmin] Jabber Server list

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Jesse Thompson wrote:
> Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>> We've been working on a new process for the public server
>> listings. More information here:
>>
>> http://new.jabber.org/im-services
>> http://new.jabber.org/submission-guide/im-service
>> http://new.jabber.org/submission-guide/im-service/policy
>>
>> Feedback is welcome. :)
> 
> I think it would be useful to allow "closed" systems to register as
> well, perhaps under a different section.  

For most end users, I think that would not be especially helpful. We are
have been reworking the site to mostly provide information that will
help new end users get started with Jabber. If we show them a list of IM
services that 90% of the users can't register with, they'll just get
confused. Or such has been the philosophy of the website team so far.

> It would be useful for our
> users that don't realize that we provide them with a service that they
> are eligible to use.  It would be useful for administrators to find
> contact information for the administrators of the remote domain if there
> is an issue that needs troubleshooting.

Yes, *that* is useful, which is why I've been pushing the idea of an
XMPP Operators Group:

https://stpeter.im/?p=2149

> Also, since you're collecting geolocation information, perhaps it would
> be useful to allow end-users to provide their own geolocation to help
> them find the nearest physical service.  

I think that few end users know their own geolocation (lat/lon). See
above on keeping things simple simple simple.

> On the same note, perhaps let
> them specify their email address so that end-users can be told if their
> email domain provider also provides an XMPP service (as is our case;
> gmail is another example)

Good idea -- I'll pass it along to the webteam (probably in the next
iteration we'll add an account-registration wizard of some kind).

Peter

-- 
Peter Saint-Andre
https://stpeter.im/

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