On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 at 02:42, Cynthia Revström via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote: > > And while Discord is not at all a replacement for mailing lists in my > opinion, I think it's important to realize that it (and other chat based > things like it) have their place, especially among the younger groups.
I'm not even "the younger group" anymore (as a nearly-50 gen-x-er) and I still prefer chat for many kinds of interaction. As for NANOG specifically, it would not occur to me to ask on this list about beginner-level networking problems, and that's as a long-time NANOG attendee and list subscriber. NANOG's environment just doesn't give the vibe that it's a good place to start when you're just trying to figure things out. The list traffic and meeting agendas have always been dominated by either high-capacity or high-complexity. Someone trying to sort out early questions is going to be way more comfortable on a chat platform (that doesn't have a permanent memory), possibly even in a channel designated for that kind of help.
