Dear all, I have been asked to respond with statistics about the Twitter usage. I don't think this is actually matter of the discussion, though here it is:
Post date Ref Reposts Likes Seen Any click action Comments 01.01.2024 XMPP Community 1 1 191 11 0 01.01.2024 XMPP Summit 1 2 151 4 0 04.01.2024 Happy Birthday 4 6 291 20 0 04.01.2024 XMPP Events 3 2 244 3 0 10.01.2024 XMPP SUMMIT 26 3 2 385 19 0 11.01.2024 XSF Announcement 5 5 457 24 0 29.01.2024 XSF Announcement 3 6 408 20 0 26.03.2024 XMPP Newsletter 3 6 222 28 0 15.04.2024 XMPP Newsletter 1 5 169 15 0 27.04.2024 XMPP Community 2 2 157 5 0 28.04.2024 XMPP Community 1 3 171 7 0 11.05.2024 XMPP Newsletter 3 6 214 15 0 11.05.2024 XMPP at GSoC 2 3 163 10 0 11.05.2024 XMPP at GSoC 1 3 181 14 2 11.05.2024 XSF Announcement 2 2 197 11 0 06.06.2024 XMPP Newsletter 0 3 147 15 0 06.06.2024 XMPP Community 2 4 303 10 0 06.07.2024 XMPP Newsletter 4 5 275 16 0 06.08.2024 XMPP Newsletter 0 2 116 14 0 06.08.2024 XMPP Community 1 1 144 7 0 08.08.2024 XSF Announcement 2 1 186 9 0 08.08.2024 XMPP Specifications 3 4 236 13 0 09.08.2024 XMPP Community 2 3 201 7 0 05.09.2024 XMPP Newsletter 1 7 189 22 0 05.09.2024 XMPP Specifications 0 3 150 7 0 02.10.2024 XMPP Newsletter 2 3 101 9 0 04.10.2024 XMPP Specifications 4 5 171 21 0 10.10.2024 XMPP Community 1 6 131 8 0 09.11.2024 XSF Announcement 3 5 139 9 0 09.11.2024 XMPP Newsletter 2 3 135 9 0 09.11.2024 XMPP Specifications 2 7 231 17 0 > Trần H. Trung <[email protected]> hat am 11.02.2025 01:32 CET geschrieben: > > > First of all, I would like to thank Eddie for great work done for > the communication team. Even though it is not technical, the effort of > reaching out to the wider audience is as hard as our main work. (I'd > argue that perhaps it's even harder if you're more of a technical > person.) > > I share the similar opinion as emus. This reminds me that the other day > somebody asked about the possibility to send the same message across > different accounts in `[email protected]`. Even though my reply was > something like "it is odd for a human to do such thing". We however are > not a single humans and our objective for this particular action is > clear: "we aim to reach out to people." > > Follow this objective, if we cherry pick individual platforms for their > political agenda, we are no longer taking the neutral political stand. > Thus on this side of the argument, I would go further than Twitter and > say we should open accounts on all other popular platforms to reach even > a wider audience. My finger is pointing at OnlyFans and alike. > > The alternative action to keep a neutral stand as Eddie have mentioned > is if we are going to remove ourselves from Twitter, we should also > remove ourselves from every "social media" platforms that we are on > currently. And instead, we should post our content only through > `xmpp.org` and find other methods to reach out to the wider world if > necessary. > > Either way is fine by me but I disagree removing our Twitter presence > alone if we are going to do this at all. > > ————————————— > Trần H. Trung > ————————————————— > https://trung.fun > mailto:[email protected] > xmpp:trầ[email protected] > ——————————————————————————— > PGP: 272B C112 E0C1 CA52 2987 8E06 4C2E 262F 6514 7810 > ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— > > > On 25/02/10 09:35pm, E.M. wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > Thank ypu for the input. I have been reading the entire discussion and > > summarized as: > > > > * a majority in this thread advocates to leave the platform for multiple > > reasons > > * we should not delete the account due to control and archive > > > > I would like to add that if we leave the platform for political reasons, we > > will in my opinion also need to abandon the use of for example LinkedIn, > > Google Summer of Code, GitHub and YouTube. I think such a political > > position does also not allow other certain activities. > > > > That is not a good step in my opinion. > > > > In the end I will not take the decision here and make this to at least > > board or a member vote. > > > > Last but not least I also critizise the discussion and tone around this > > topic. This got worse in recent years and I am very sick of many people not > > being able to reflect their own behavior, their own media consumption while > > blaming others where they can. > > > > Cheers, > > Eddie > > > > 5 feb 2025 14:16:15 Ralph Meijer <[email protected]>: > > > > > 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. > > > > > > -- > > > ralphm
