Re: OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens

2021-03-23 Thread Christopher Conforti
On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:41:22 -0700 William Herrin wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 10:23 AM Andy Ringsmuth > wrote: > > No. Use a communication method that is available globally, not > > proprietary and doesn’t require me to sell my soul to the devil > > simply to participate. > > Hi Andy, >

Re: OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens

2021-03-23 Thread Mark Tinka
On 3/22/21 19:22, Andy Ringsmuth wrote: Sigh. It is probably a losing battle. You kids get off my grass! You're right about that last part. The kids are using what they feel gives them value and simplicity. I'm old skool, but I'll be the first one to find a way to reach them via the

Re: OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens

2021-03-22 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/22/21 11:41 AM, William Herrin wrote: On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 10:23 AM Andy Ringsmuth wrote: No. Use a communication method that is available globally, not proprietary and doesn’t require me to sell my soul to the devil simply to participate. Hi Andy, I refused to get a Facebook

Re: OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens

2021-03-22 Thread William Herrin
On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 10:23 AM Andy Ringsmuth wrote: > No. Use a communication method that is available globally, not proprietary > and doesn’t require me to sell my soul to the devil simply to participate. Hi Andy, I refused to get a Facebook account until I was paid to. Now that I have

Re: OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens

2021-03-22 Thread Andy Ringsmuth
> On Mar 22, 2021, at 12:51 PM, Ethan O'Toole wrote: > >> No. Use a communication method that is available globally, not proprietary >> and doesn’t require me to sell my soul to the devil simply to participate. > > In your case you would have to go to an E-Mail list... which for some takes

Re: OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens

2021-03-22 Thread Ethan O'Toole
No. Use a communication method that is available globally, not proprietary and doesn’t require me to sell my soul to the devil simply to participate. In your case you would have to go to an E-Mail list... which for some takes more time to curate / read versus something that is driven by push

Re: OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens

2021-03-22 Thread Andy Ringsmuth
> On Mar 22, 2021, at 11:02 AM, Grant Taylor via NANOG wrote: > > I have a severe problem with professional communities /requiring/ me to have > a Facebook, et al., account to participate in community discussions. Not just “professional communities.” More like ANY communities. Heck, our

Re: OT: Re: Facebook and other walled gardens

2021-03-22 Thread Michael Thomas
On 3/22/21 9:02 AM, Grant Taylor via NANOG wrote: On 3/22/21 8:00 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: most discussion in the WISP space has moved to Facebook So ... a walled garden. I have a severe problem with professional communities /requiring/ me to have a Facebook, et al., account to participate