Stefan BohacekWe should be making more internet forums. Like with Discourse. Or more old school ones.
We need to invest in our communities and build new ones. That's how we get through the difficult times. Together.
Jeff Moss@stefan @briankrebs
We have been running the #defcon https://forum.defcon.org server for over 20 years, it’s reachable over #Tor, even has an app.
But participation is really low, and all the energy is on the faster moving socials. Without dedicated people fostering community and conversations it won’t feel as attractive.
I’d love, ❤️ and 💕 to grow the forums, create sub forums for different communities and projects that want their own space, and let people people self manage them.
That will take effort from everyone involved. If people are interested we can help and refresh the forums.
The 500 Hats of LambdaCalculus@thedarktangent @stefan @briankrebs Yeah, keeping a community going does take a lot of work from everyone involved, but it's far more rewarding.
I do miss using forums and did sign up on the #defcon forums to be able to use them to speak to others, but it really feels like a ghost town in places. Also doesn't help that there are also local group sub-forums that are outdated or dead (*cough* DC201 *cough*).
@LambdaCalculus
Yeah we need to revamp the DCG section for sure.
Yeah we need to revamp the DCG section for sure.
cibyr@thedarktangent @LambdaCalculus it's not just the DCG section. When the overall volume is so low (1-2 threads per day?), having multiple boards in multiple categories _at all_ is more of an impediment to finding conversations than a useful categorization.