Hello, Thanks for your feedback.
Every operator is different, so it'll be hard to come up with a single archetypal relay operator. Some large operators push out a custom and immutable system from templates that cannot be remotely controlled, just replaced, others use Ansible for automated deployment, others manually set everything up and do periodic manual upgrades, and still others just throw Debian + unattended-upgrades at the problem and call it a day.
We are aware that operators have varying practices for their relays. That is one reason we want to interview operators: to learn what setups are actually used. If something does not come up in interviews, that does not mean it does not exist. But all the setups we learn about are actual setups from operators.
Indeed. Announcing it here, on the tor-relays mailing list, will also reach only a subset of the people we could interview. That is something we will keep in mind when analyzing the responses.You're also going to select an unrepresentative sample if you require voice recordings from relay operators. I'm sure there are many, myself included, who would only participate if it could be done anonymously over text on Tor.
If you or anyone else prefers to have the interview over text on Tor, we can arrange that. We can offer the interview over Matrix text chat, but I am not sure whether it supports connecting from Tor easily. I am also open to suggestions that would make you comfortable having the interview.
Regards, Jules Dejaeghere
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