[olug] The twitter feed

[Rob Townley]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:03 PM Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com>
wrote:

> +1 open source
> +1 self hosted (given recent events, relying on the largess of others is a
> recipe for disaster)
>

If a member posted something normally protected by 230, but it was
repealed, we would be in trouble.

If members organized a plot to kidnap and seriously threaten executions, we
would be luck if LEO knocked.

I am all for free speech, but with freedom, comes responsibility.

>


>
> maybe go retro - irc, usenet and gopher? ;)
>
irc :)

I see that Element  supports irc.
> https://alternativeto.net/software/riot-im/about/
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:39 PM Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have found many Linux and podcasts share their content and pointers via
>> twitter.  Actually, find the SNR to be decent.
>>
>> Prefer openSource and selfHosted as much as possible and last i heard,
>> discord is not, but there are alternatives.  webRTC has been around a long
>> time.
>> https://alternativeto.net/software/discord-app/?license=opensource
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 8:51 PM Reiners Cloud Consulting LLC <
>> justin at reiners.io> wrote:
>>
>> > I don't care much for the twitter format and most of the content and
>> bots.
>> >
>> > I like the email list and I also really like the discord idea.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 8:24 PM Teale Sloterdijk <teale11 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Agreed. Twitter has always been a cesspool of opinions embedded in
>> useful
>> > > information. The snr is horrible.
>> > >
>> > > I think a better medium would be discord where we can have differ
>> > Channels
>> > > for different topics and we can do voice and video rooms.
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 20:20 Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <
>> jeffh at dundeemt.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Sorry, but tweeter has been trash canned, for me.
>> > > > Depending on what you are posting, blogging or the list would be
>> > > preferable
>> > > > for me.
>> > > > Imho, it is a better channel with a better SNR that social media.
>> > > >
>> > > > I know that I would be interested in what you were saying.
>> > > >
>> > > > -j
>> > > >
>> > > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 7:00 PM Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > With the possibility of touching the third rail....
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I've been posting some linux-related tweets a couple of times a
>> > month.
>> > > > > I've also added follows to several of the big distributions and
>> I'll
>> > > > > continue that.  I've noticed that the feed has a lot of politics,
>> > > mostly
>> > > > > from retweets.   If you are following the feed, are you getting
>> all
>> > the
>> > > > > political posts?    Are there configurations that would turn down
>> the
>> > > > > political noise without making it less useful as a Linux resource?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Dave
>> > > > >
>> > > > > --
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>> > > >
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> Jeff Hinrichs
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