On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 at 00:55, Travis Burtrum <[email protected]> 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.
