[olug] The twitter feed

[Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T]

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

maybe go retro - irc, usenet and gopher? ;)
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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Jeff Hinrichs
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