On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:47 AM Guus der Kinderen
<guus.der.kinderen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As a few days have passed and no objections have come
up, it seems safe to say there is general support for engaging with the DI.DAY initiative.
\o/
I want to clarify one point about the idea that we are already "beyond this"
because some XMPP community members have reached out to DI.DAY. I do not see that as a
reason to slow down or stop further effort. If anything, it makes it more useful to make
sure our own members and projects are aware of what is going on.
One helpful role for the Communications Team could be to spread awareness of the DI.DAY
initiative within our own community. Not everyone follows the same channels, and not all
projects will know about DI.DAY or about the opportunities it creates. Sharing this
information simply gives people the chance to decide for themselves if and how they want
to get involved.
It is also worth saying that the fact that some people have already reached out does not
mean others cannot or should not do the same. I do not know what approach was used in the
first outreach. Seeing interest from multiple projects and people can actually be a good
signal for the DI.DAY organizers.
When it comes to showing solutions, I think it can sometimes be better to lead with
individual projects rather than the word XMPP itself. XMPP as a term is not very appealing
to most end users, and DI.DAY mainly targets end users. Showing real projects and what
they offer may be more attractive, and less off putting for the organizers. Those projects
can still mention XMPP if they want, but the focus would be on their value, not just on
the protocol they use.
I also think there is more we can do than just aiming for a listing on the DI.DAY
website. Even if some projects decide not to be listed there, they could still benefit
from the visibility around the initiative by aligning blog posts, announcements, or other
outreach with it.
Finally, I understand there is already a group chat where people involved are
coordinating this work. Pointing interested members to that chat and inviting them to join
the ongoing effort seems like a very practical next step.
To be clear, I am not against a simple public endorsement. I just feel there is a lot
more we could do here, and that a slightly more active approach could massively benefit
our projects and the wider ecosystem.
A bit of an update. Please try to keep this information more or less
to this list for now.
People have reached out to DI.DAY and the website now mentions XMPP in
a footnote of a footnote. People are trying to get them to clean up
the wording around that mention a bit but I’m afraid that is the
maximum we will get out of them. I don’t think they will publish an
official XMPP recipe.
However the aforementioned channel has been working on a nice XMPP
recipe that we plan to push hard on social media on February 1st. This
is something the comm team can help with. (Social media and maybe a
blog post)
I think our official communication should mention Digital Independence
day as a concept and push our "recipe" but not link to or acknowledge
the official website. The official website recommends a competitor
(Signal) and I don’t think any of our communication should include
"Hey check out Signal".
cheers
Daniel