Reinventing the wheel on a path to deeper learning

Tue Mar 23 16:01:21 UTC 2021

On 3/23/21 12:41 AM, Cynthia Revström via NANOG wrote:
> And while Discord is not at all a replacement for mailing lists in my 
> opinion, I think it's important to realize that it (and other chat based 
> things like it) have their place, especially among the younger groups.

I believe that chat / IM most /definitely/ have their place along side 
mailing lists.  To me they serve different purposes.

IM(ns)HO chat is more real time, low latency, and low bandwidth 
communications with immediate gratification.  Conversely mailing lists 
are decidedly not real time, higher latency, and higher bandwidth 
communications without the immediate gratification.

There's a 3rd form of communications that I've not seen (or missed) in 
the discussions, that being the NANOG in person meetings.

To me, all three forms of communications have their uses and can 
function as a compliment to each other.  However, none of them are 
replacements for any of the others.

It's also important to remember that the types of information that pass 
through each mode of communications are different.  As such, it might be 
possible to actually improve the quality (SNR) of communications in each 
mode if we gravitate towards the mode that best suits the need.  Real 
time discussions of ongoing events (including the "me / here too"s) may 
be better via Discord.  Summaries and longer running discussions are 
probably better suited to a mailing list.  And nothing will beat in 
person presentations at NANOG meetings (or recordings there of).

Perhaps we should spend a few minutes thinking about what question(s) 
we're asking / point(s) that we're making.

-- 
Grant. . . .
unix || die

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