Re: Where else do you hangout?

[Krassimir Tzvetanov via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

There is nothing like the simplicity of IRC. TBH, I don't care if the
smiling face emoji is animated or just two ASCII characters. Most of the
clients - Discord, Slack, are heavyweight and fairly insecure, which also
begs the question, what happened to those people that were security
conscious? I am not ranting here but I am pointing out the simple fact that
people are spending too much time on distractions and not on the actual
function and goal they are trying to achieve. Every 2-3 years, there is a
new social media hotness that sweeps the crowds and then we end up even
more fragmented.

Should we consider starting a IRC server for NANOG, or simply setting up a
chat group on Signal? That's at least to solve the NANOG crowd problem...
Or should we pick one of Discord and Slack? (none of which I'm a fan TBH)...

We should have a meet up in person during the next NANOG! No cell phones
allowed during the meet up! ;)

Cheers,
Krassi


On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM Andrew Latham via NANOG <
nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:

> I will make note that two things cause me caution when socializing.
>
> 1. NDAs (so many!!!!)
> 2. Spear Phishing
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM Mark Prosser <mark () zealnetworks ca> wrote:
> > On 2025-08-20 20:45, Andrew Latham wrote:
> > > "Get off my lawn!" :P
> > >
> > > * Direct chat with peers
> > > * Mailing Lists
> > >
> > > I avoid walled gardens like discord. I do miss Google+ where I could
> > > make my posts globally visible without any ads. Used to run "The
> > > Backbone Of The Internet" group there.
> >
> > :P
> >
> > You're definitely not wrong to avoid the walled gardens.
> >
> > I gave Google+ a try a long time ago but I never really explored the
> > groups.
> >
> > I guess I forgot to mention I'm on Mastodon & Bluesky. I prefer the
> > former, but there isn't much NetEng talk going on there.
> >
> > Warm regards,
> >
> > --
> > Mark Prosser
> > // E: mark () zealnetworks ca
> > // W: https://zealnetworks.ca
>
>
>
> --
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