OT: Re: Younger generations preferring social media(esque) interactions.

Tue Mar 23 09:35:02 UTC 2021

> Many new, young engineers will also feel more comfortable posting on message apps because the group is small, well-known and reasonably private, i.e., they are less afraid about sounding clueless to the whole world, on record, forever.

I think this is at least partially true, but I think it is more not
wanting to be disrespected at the time they ask these questions.
No one was born with this kind of knowledge, and everyone was clueless
at some point in time.
Also a permanent public archive is not a requirement of a mailing list
even if it is common.

Also, at least I often feel like the more casual conversational chat
format is easier than emails and this is the case for many of my
friends as well.

-Cynthia

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 9:38 AM Mark Tinka <mark at tinka.africa> wrote:
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> On 3/23/21 08:22, Cynthia Revström via NANOG wrote:
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> Using a chat system they are already familiar with to ask more casual questions is a lot easier for some.
> Especially if you are thinking of people who are just starting out, some of which will be part of the next generation of network engineers.
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> Many new, young engineers will also feel more comfortable posting on message apps because the group is small, well-known and reasonably private, i.e., they are less afraid about sounding clueless to the whole world, on record, forever.
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> Mark.