On Wednesday, August 20, 2025 7:39:28 PM CDT jim deleskie via NANOG wrote: > I haven't been on IRC in a long long time. Damn I'm old. :(
There's 2 people (bots?) on Libera #nanog, no ops and no topic, indicating much deadness. But I'm in #slackware. --Joey > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 8:36 PM Mark Prosser via NANOG > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I was chatting with some industry colleagues recently and I realized > > that various sectors of our industry are not "online" in the spaces I'm > > online. > > > > > > > > Perhaps there was a time when most of us were on mailing lists & IRC, > > but now the communities seem fragmented and behind walled gardens > > (Mainly Discord and Slack .. the latter is deleting our messages faster > > and faster). > > > > > > > > Personally, I'm subscribed to several discord groups (including NANOG), > > several slack groups, a few mailing lists, IRC (I'm not on that often > > these days), one or two Matrix groups, IETF Zulip... > > > > > > > > This quickly becomes cumbersome and I find myself mainly in Packet > > Pushers & NAF Slack groups -- while being "reachable" in other places. I > > feel like I'm missing out on conversations outside of the few bubbles I > > participate in. > > > > > > > > Where do you spend most of your time, outside of this mailing list? Why > > do you like it there? What kind of folks hangout there? > > > > > > > > Warm regards, > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark Prosser > > // E: [email protected] > > // W: https://zealnetworks.ca > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NANOG mailing list > > > > > > > > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CGE3HK > > EBMR6AFZKZSOBWM32YIXI7GIXF/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XXWB7EWR > TQIUO6QKYGAWAYPQAVECU5SI/ -- Joey Kelly Minister of the Gospel and Linux Consultant http://joeykelly.net 504-239-6550 _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/V6TOEQTGB3NTAZCGIOFPNVJ3HBEDCKJW/
