[olug] The twitter feed

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You can use pleroma instances with peertube. Replacing two ecosystems. 

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> On Jan 13, 2021, at 22:05, 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)
> 
> 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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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
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>>>>> 
>>>>> Jeff Hinrichs
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> 
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