On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 at 00:55, Travis Burtrum <travis@burtrum.org> wrote:
Hello,
I think we should drop all silos that are incompatible with the XSF's mission of open federated protocols. That means Twitter, LinkedIn*, and YouTube. At least remove them from https://xmpp.org/
* A new reason to drop LinkedIn just appeared: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxevpzy3yko
I sympathize with this viewpoint, but I don't think it's very pragmatic. Outreach isn't very effective if it only reaches people who agree with us already.
On 1/24/25 10:40 AM, Ralph Meijer wrote:
On X specifically, if we would decide to stop posting there, we should definitely not close the account. There is a lot of historic discussions there, and I'd hate to see that disappear.
They have already disappeared, can you link to one that doesn't require logging in with a twitter account to see? Then it doesn't exist. Another good reason why we should stay off silos so that we don't have future important discussions that disappear.
That argument is dubious, since if "you need to log in" is a gating factor, then email, Mattermost, and indeed XMPP are all problematic. If you mean "an account on a specific silo", then it's simply a restatement of your first argument. Dave.