I would suggest the board or "moderation committee" send a simple survey to this list to identify what platform(s) are preferred. s
On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM Brandon Butterworth via NANOG < [email protected]> wrote: > On 21/08/2025 06:12:41, "Ryan Hamel via NANOG" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >whereas Discord is very likely already running on a person's device. > > I have most networks apps installed but not that. Slack > seems to be way more prevalent but has a high paywall and > bins your data if you don't pay. Enterprises tolerate the pricing > to avoid Teams but it does not work well for open communities, on > several we are just tolerating it because it is the common client > people have on their devices (including locked down work devices). > > >Since I mentioned the Discord link in this thread, nine users have > joined, and their account ages span from 3-9 years. All it took for them to > join was clicking or tapping the link, which has very little to no friction. > > Indeed. I have an old discord login that would add to those stats > but not be the indication you suggest. > > Due to splitters we tend to accumulate logins all over but that > does not mean we are active users with an app installed. > > Discord is one that I occasionally visit via the web site when > prompted and then not look at for another 6 months. There are too > many systems like this to poll, especially private web forums of > ix and such. > > Event driven email is way more useful. > > >All this proves my point that IRC simply does not have that level of > awareness, convenience, and ease of use. > > It's pretty trivial, even apps for it now > > brandon > > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BEXOWZ4VWGH2TUGKAY2VUDZQSGCSZRAX/ > _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IONX6QURTF4JLKQDI7TFQ5JW7FETUJO2/
