On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 1:28 PM Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> Then why not just keep using Slack? > > Mastodon would let you federate to the rest of the outside world. It could let the ASF tell the world that some group of people (coming from the Apache Mastodon server) have been vetted by us. Vetted could range somewhere from "has an apache.org email" to approved by the board somehow.... (We could do both with two different servers.) Peter Hunsberger > Gary > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2022, 14:17 Niels Basjes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes, normally it is a lot of work for moderating. Hence my proposal to > > limit it to (initially) only projects (pmc). > > > > By doing that I thought to eliminate the need for additional moderation. > > > > Niels > > > > On Mon, 7 Nov 2022, 18:00 Peter Kovacs, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Niels > > > > > > Am 07.11.22 um 12:58 schrieb Niels Basjes: > > > > I'm sorry to admit I don't have the skills to keep something like > this > > > > running reliable at this scale. > > > > > > I think you speak tech skills. I guess we would need moderators, and > > > mentors for projects. > > > > > > Social media / Mastodon is not only about tech. It is about community, > > > isn't it? > > > > > > > > > > > Niels > > > > > > > > On Mon, 7 Nov 2022, 12:41 Peter kovacs, <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi all > > > >> > > > >> @walter > > > >> I don't think your argument is a good one. > > > >> If the name is inappropriate then we should change the Domain and > not > > > try > > > >> to stay invisible. > > > >> However this should be a different discussion. > > > >> > > > >> @Niels > > > >> An own server means work. I think it is only feasible if we get a > team > > > >> together that maintains the service. Would you volunteer in case one > > is > > > >> build? > > > >> > > > >> All the best > > > >> Peter > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Am 6. November 2022 23:52:03 MEZ schrieb Walter Cameron < > > > >> [email protected]>: > > > >>> Hi Niels, > > > >>> > > > >>> I don’t think it’s appropriate to further expand the impact of our > > > >>> improperly > > > >>> owned domain. Why risk people on social media confusing us with an > > > >>> Apache organization? > > > >>> > > > >>> Gunalchéesh, > > > >>> Walter > > > >>> > > > >>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 12:20 PM Niels Basjes <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> Hi, > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Given the recent events around twitter I had this crazy idea: > > > >>>> What if the ASF would run their own Mastodon instance under the > > > >> apache.org > > > >>>> domain? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Primarily this would make it possible for all projects to have a > > clean > > > >>>> account that can be used for project announcements (i.e. usable by > > > PMCs > > > >> ?) > > > >>>> I expect this to also make it quite easy to archive all > > communication > > > >> via > > > >>>> this route. > > > >>>> Like: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> - @[email protected] > > > >>>> - @[email protected] > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Second (I consider this to be optional) it would allow all > > > >>>> committers/pmcs/... to have a clean ASF relatable point of > > > >> communication. > > > >>>> In my case > > > >>>> > > > >>>> - @[email protected] > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I have NO idea how easy/hard/expensive such a thing is at the > scale > > of > > > >> the > > > >>>> ASF. > > > >>>> I just wanted to drop the idea here so it can be discussed (and > then > > > >> either > > > >>>> be accepted or rejected). > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Curious to hear your thoughts. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> -- > > > >>>> Best regards > > > >>>> Niels Basjes > > > >>>> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > >
