On 03/02/2025 17.33, Jonas Schäfer wrote:
On Samstag, 25. Januar 2025 22:07:16 MEZ Goffi wrote:
I'm not even in favor of maintaining an account as the archive can't be
consulted without registration. Instead, any tool to dump the archive should
be used, and we could display it anywhere.
But should we keep it in order to avoid someone else registering the same name
and use it for bad purposes?
I am sure we can't control all places where this is linked as the XSF's
Twitter account.
Yes.
In my opinion, removing past posts from X (whether we keep the account
or not to prevent squatting) does not serve a clear purpose. Those who
do not want to be there will not look there. I appreciate that people in
our community may have stopped using X for whatever reason. Individual
posts remain available without logging in, but I agree that not being
able to see all of our posts in one view is regrettable.
However, I personally remain a user of X as one of many sources of
information and a way to communicate with other users (still) there.
Removing past information there (I guess for any account), including its
original context and responses, is a significant loss to me. I am sure I
am not alone in this.
I have been surprised and disappointed by the labeling of people using
certain social networks in this thread. Everybody is entitled to their
own opinion, but that does not mean that others have to agree. If we
want to be a truly open organization, this has to include difference of
opinion and choice.
Separate from my personal use of X or my private (!) opinion on
particular individuals, I do not think the XSF should take a stance in
that debate. Staying there does not mean that the XSF, its members, or
the XMPP community in general, somehow validates other people's
(mis)behavior there. It is not up to the XSF to arbitrate which
platforms are "ok" and which are not.
As I said before, if there is utility in letting people in other circles
(than those who want nothing to do with X) know about what we do, then
we should continue to post on X (too). I personally think there is. If
none of the current individual Comms team members want to be part of
that, we can figure that out separately. This might also be a good time
to point out that we have not posted to X since 9 November 2024.
Just like last week, I will happily discuss my personal opinions over a
beverage. Or something else entirely.
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ralphm
