[olug] The twitter feed

[Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:21 PM Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:03 PM Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com>
> wrote:
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>> +1 open source
>> +1 self hosted (given recent events, relying on the largess of others is
>> a recipe for disaster)
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> If a member posted something normally protected by 230, but it was
> repealed, we would be in trouble.
>
This is true even if not self-hosted.

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> If members organized a plot to kidnap and seriously threaten executions,
> we would be luck if LEO knocked.
>
Also true if not self-hosted.

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> I am all for free speech, but with freedom, comes responsibility.
>
I don't view OLUG as a political channel, save for topics like EFF.
Anything that strays from tech related should get nuked anyway.
If that is your thing, there are other channels better suited to that.  I'm
big on free speech as well, but on this channel that would mean not
nuking winblows questions. :)   If you want to champion non-tech political
topic x or y, then this isn't a place for that anymore than it is a dating
site.


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>> maybe go retro - irc, usenet and gopher? ;)
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> irc :)
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> I see that Element  supports irc.
>> https://alternativeto.net/software/riot-im/about/
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>> 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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>> --
>> Best,
>>
>> Jeff Hinrichs
>> 402.320.0821
>>
>>

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Best,

Jeff Hinrichs
402.320.0821