Then why not just keep using Slack? Gary
On Mon, Nov 7, 2022, 14:17 Niels Basjes <ni...@basjes.nl> wrote: > Yes, normally it is a lot of work for moderating. Hence my proposal to > limit it to (initially) only projects (pmc). > > By doing that I thought to eliminate the need for additional moderation. > > Niels > > On Mon, 7 Nov 2022, 18:00 Peter Kovacs, <pe...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi Niels > > > > Am 07.11.22 um 12:58 schrieb Niels Basjes: > > > I'm sorry to admit I don't have the skills to keep something like this > > > running reliable at this scale. > > > > I think you speak tech skills. I guess we would need moderators, and > > mentors for projects. > > > > Social media / Mastodon is not only about tech. It is about community, > > isn't it? > > > > > > > > Niels > > > > > > On Mon, 7 Nov 2022, 12:41 Peter kovacs, <peter.kov...@posteo.de> > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi all > > >> > > >> @walter > > >> I don't think your argument is a good one. > > >> If the name is inappropriate then we should change the Domain and not > > try > > >> to stay invisible. > > >> However this should be a different discussion. > > >> > > >> @Niels > > >> An own server means work. I think it is only feasible if we get a team > > >> together that maintains the service. Would you volunteer in case one > is > > >> build? > > >> > > >> All the best > > >> Peter > > >> > > >> > > >> Am 6. November 2022 23:52:03 MEZ schrieb Walter Cameron < > > >> walter.li...@waltercameron.com>: > > >>> Hi Niels, > > >>> > > >>> I don’t think it’s appropriate to further expand the impact of our > > >>> improperly > > >>> owned domain. Why risk people on social media confusing us with an > > >>> Apache organization? > > >>> > > >>> Gunalchéesh, > > >>> Walter > > >>> > > >>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 12:20 PM Niels Basjes <ni...@basjes.nl> > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Hi, > > >>>> > > >>>> Given the recent events around twitter I had this crazy idea: > > >>>> What if the ASF would run their own Mastodon instance under the > > >> apache.org > > >>>> domain? > > >>>> > > >>>> Primarily this would make it possible for all projects to have a > clean > > >>>> account that can be used for project announcements (i.e. usable by > > PMCs > > >> ?) > > >>>> I expect this to also make it quite easy to archive all > communication > > >> via > > >>>> this route. > > >>>> Like: > > >>>> > > >>>> - @a...@apache.org > > >>>> - @fl...@apache.org > > >>>> > > >>>> Second (I consider this to be optional) it would allow all > > >>>> committers/pmcs/... to have a clean ASF relatable point of > > >> communication. > > >>>> In my case > > >>>> > > >>>> - @nielsbas...@apache.org > > >>>> > > >>>> I have NO idea how easy/hard/expensive such a thing is at the scale > of > > >> the > > >>>> ASF. > > >>>> I just wanted to drop the idea here so it can be discussed (and then > > >> either > > >>>> be accepted or rejected). > > >>>> > > >>>> Curious to hear your thoughts. > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Best regards > > >>>> Niels Basjes > > >>>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > >