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

Wed Mar 24 15:14:24 UTC 2021

On 3/24/21 17:08, Phineas wrote:

> Chiming in as a somewhat-younger network engineer here (19) - I think 
> that Discord should be more widely considered and approved as an 
> option across the board here. I’m active on mailing lists, and while 
> they work, at the end of the day I’d much rather be using an app like 
> Discord, and I know this is true for a lot of the next generation of 
> net engineers.
>
> The costs (main one is federation/lock-in?) outweigh the benefits 
> entirely:
> - Clear and organized channels of communication
> - Threads (coming soon, which will help a lot for communities like NANOG)
> - Moderation bots
> - Roles that allow people interested in certain topics to join the 
> channels they care about
>
> In terms of platform lock-in; I know some of the higher up team there 
> pretty well and I know they’d welcome us with open arms and be happy 
> to answer any questions or solve issues we’re having. There are also 
> bots that allow you to export entire channel histories live or for 
> archive.
>

As much as my life would be over the day this happens, I completely 
accept that this is where it has to go, if we want to engage with the up 
& coming blood.

Ultimately, our main interest is to keep this thing going, long after 
we've all ran through the vineyards on our way to eternity :-).

Mark.