On Friday, July 28, 2017 at 8:58:30 AM UTC-4, Noor Christensen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 12:00:37PM -0700, cooloutac wrote: > > sounds like a waste of time, freenode is an abandoned cesspool. If > > you care about your security you wouldn't even be using it. The > > google mailing list is great though, because it already deters the > > deplorables... > > Well, it has three times more users than the OFTC channel and lots of > discussion daily. > > Your argument about security makes no sense, care to elaborate on that? > > Also, I think an IRC channel serves a different purpose than the mailing > list. The list is perfect for a threaded and archivable history of > lengthy topics, whereas the channel is better suited for ad hoc > questions and beginner questions that often are repeated. > > Additionally, as said earlier in the thread, the plan is not to replace > the list. We're discussing how to take better care of those users that > already use IRC and prefer to get help there. Most of the time we refer > these users to the mailing list anyway; for example if they got > questions or opinions that already has a thread on the list. > > -- noor > > |_|O|_| > |_|_|O| Noor Christensen > |O|O|O| [email protected] ~ 0x401DA1E0
I go into freenode channels to ask advice and then do the opposite. Just did that recently in ##hardware to learn what not to buy, by seeing what most of them recommended, and built a nice rig last week. haha. I did that when I built my qubes machine too. When i'm bored I go on irc to give extremely simple solutions, promote security best practices and programs, which is my way of trolling most of them for detracting such things. But yes the protocols and network infrastructure is insecure, but so are the people lmao... I would stay away from it for the same reasons people stay away from bad neighborhoods. You just don't want to be on their radar. Its why I was so adamant Qubes team keeping the google groups forums. It alone deters deplorables and requires little moderation, and less risk to users. Because predators prefer to attack whats weakest and most exposed, and Cockroaches stay under rocks and in shadows. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/cd352452-8bea-473f-acca-833d7f7197fb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
