> 3rd party > social network platforms need moderators/user support. And Promo time. A LOT of promo time. Maintaing 3rd party social network platforms is much, much, much more time expensive compared to maintaining the bridge.
On Wed, Aug 23, 2023, 2:05 PM Ilmari Lauhakangas < [email protected]> wrote: > On 23.8.2023 14.24, Paul Brown wrote: > > A lot fo good ideas we can use to reach a compromise, but this ... > > > >> KDE members are of course free to participate in discussions anywhere > >> they want, but loading KDE resources (sysadmin team & machines) with all > >> possible proprietary network doesn't seem a priority for me. > > > > ... 😬 > > > > By that logic, would you have a problem if Promo stopped managing > Facebook > > (65,000+ followers), Xitter (120,000+ followers), LinkedIn (17,000+ > > followers), and Reddit (100,000+ followers)? These are all proprietary > and all > > load KDE's resources. But it is KDE's Promo resources. > > > > If Promo didn't manage these platforms, KDE would gradually lose this > > audience, and I can prove that with graphs. > > It's not the same logic. Chat platforms with bridging infrastructure > need moderators/user support + sysadmin time + hardware. 3rd party > social network platforms need moderators/user support. If Facebook et > al. would be bridged to the KDE chat infra (dark magic like this might > awaken the Great Old Ones and should not be attempted), it would be the > same logic. > > Ilmari >
