NÿcoWhen ready, I'll copy and paste, paragraph by paragraph on Tinyletter
NÿcoThen I can schedule some tweets on Tweetdeck
NÿcoAnd post on Mastodon and LinkedIn
NÿcoFacebook is shit
NÿcoTuesday is a good day to post
NÿcoI can re-heat the social media by teasing
emusYes, lets wait for the website release with the "social" networks.
emusNÿco: Then lets find a quick picture, maybe a current one from the GSoC students or a client. I can add it then
NÿcoOne is not enough
NÿcoI'd say three or four
NÿcoIt is also a common pratice to make a picture for the whole article, but I don't know how it works with Pelican
emusNÿco: No, we dont have so much content this time, there was also a discussion the recent months about pictures, I rather suggest we start the discussion for the next newsletter version to not delay things
emusNÿco: We can put the general newsletter picture + one specific
NÿcoOk
NÿcoNo, many pics are necessary
NÿcoIt won't be delayed
emuswe are already delayed
NÿcoTuesday is a good day to post
NÿcoNo picture is a no go
NÿcoAlways keep in mind that we only do curation, no Original Content
emusNÿco we had discussions on that in the team with unclear outcome, please lets review another time. Its not good, but also not that crucial this time
NÿcoOn what? Pics?
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emus> Always keep in mind that we only do curation, no Original Content
I dont understand this
emus> On what? Pics?
yes
NÿcoWe don't write as XSF
NÿcoWe only relay others' content
NÿcoThis is low value
emusYes
NÿcoLet's just slightly increase that value
NÿcoSmall pics
NÿcoIt is a common pattern by industry experts
NÿcoYou raise more attention by the readers with visuals, that's science
emusNÿco: Agreed, but I prefer to have a decision all team member agree on and its clear, I would like to just post this article now and discuss the picture thing for the next version
NÿcoAlso, we had had that debate, and the outcome was to add pictures, so why regress?
emusYes, I know
NÿcoNot now, Tuesday
NÿcoSo, we have 2 days to add pics
emus> Not now, Tuesday
> So, we have 2 days to add pics
Nyco, please lets respect the situation and not just make anymore delays.
If we have things to change, we can do it for the next newsletter.
emusNÿco: Apart from the pictures, is there anything fron the content you still would like to review?
NÿcoYes, some global review
emusOkay, when can you do it?
NÿcoThis weekend
emusBut what it is you want to change, because I thought you read the text already? If those are bigger things, we should schedule those changes to the next version
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Nÿcoso I just reviews things words by words, did not yet perform this global review against my checlist
so far, I've seen inconsistencies and mistakes, can't remember, will tell while doing my global review
I'll probably book time on Sunday night
meanwhile, please don't publish on weekends
the peak attention windows are on Tuesdays and Thursdays
so let's send the newsletter on Tuesday morning, and then we publish the blog post
meanwhile I'll prepare the tweet, toot, and linkedin post (longer)
having no illustration or visual content is a no go, I'll find some as well
emusSouL, jcbrand, Nÿco, peetah, wurstsalat:
Whats you point on releasing?
Nÿcosorry, I don't understand your question
emusI asked if they want to wait or release now. We can do tweets still later.
Because my intention or what I said in the last days was to release asap. What I still prefer.
Pictures is a point to discuss, but not for this version in my view.
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Nÿcoit is already late, a few more days are not chaging anything
I'd go for a better quality rather than in time
also just please don't publish on weekends, rather on Tuesdays and Thursdays at maximum attention
otherwise you provide lower value, and your work becomes less relevant
emusWe can push the tweets on tuesdays. then we have two days with this. I prefer to get it done by now. We can align all this, which I agree to in general, for the next version.
Nÿcopictures are not to be discussed: you have to include pictures
it is science, lots of people are visual first, so you would not serve them properly
for all other people, they are at least partially visuel, but also auditive, that's the written part (and kinesthetic, but that's not the point here)
long story short: cognitives ciences, statistics and analytics show that pictures are mandatory
and it's not a huge work, 30 min top
as it is only a matter of taking a few pictures from the articles we curate
we will not create picture for this newsletter I agree
first I believe no one here has the ability of time
wurstsalatwe have some pics in the Gajim 1.2 beta release post. I think it’s better to post on a day where it’s seen by more people
Nÿcopictures: must do, doesn't take much time
NÿcoGajim pics work
NÿcoI believe we can find on or two more
emusNyco, I dont claim the science. But lets align on that for the next one. We had a discussion on pictures and need to find a solution >how< to do it first.
Nÿcoalso it is not a question of waiting, it is a question of using that time right
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NÿcoI used to do pictures in the newsletters I lead
I'll do it again if you need
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Nÿcoa newsletter with only text will feels quite poor
NÿcoI understand people here may want to publish asap
but it is not the right time,Tuesday is a far batter time for various reasons (social, science, etc.)
emusAgreed, but this newsletter is small, it doesnt matter. Just lets it get done and we do everything proper in the next one with more time. We can post tweets on tuesday agreed.
Nÿcolet's use that time properly:
either we do nothing and just wait
or we bring this issue at a slightly higher level with low effort
as it used to be done
Nÿcowe have that time until Tuesday
Nÿcoand I will do stuff, and submit to your review emus as the lead
NÿcoI gotta go now, see you soon
emusI observe that you have been away for several months and just appeared last night. Previously I actually asked for simple feedback on the content, as to my understanding we wanted to release already. So, I prefer to not create a complete different agenda now. I personally don't like that and as you haven't attend for a while you may should respect that there were topic with need to be discussed in the team. I think that's not possible till Tuesday. For that reason I prefer to just release a simple version (Yes, science says no, but that is not the point). In the next release we can do everything fancy again. But I ask you again to be a bit patient with things and not make just your own agenda from one day to another... that feels at least not to me in any kind of respect to the situation and actually "taking the command" where we actually should have been a *team discussion* first.... (And yes, Tweets, Tinyletter can be done on Tuesday if that is so important)
pep.I personally wouldn't want to follow that graph that seems to encourage not supporting protestors :x
emusMattJ: Is that unrelated to anything or why do you post it? I could not follow you intention
MattJIt seems a relevant thing for the communications team to discuss and be on top of
MattJRather than blindly posting a newsletter because that's just what we do every month
pep.I also don't see why this time it would be important and not the million times before
Nÿcowell we navigate in several minfields at the same time
so, in terms of content, I'd rather anchoring things in these unclear situations
MattJI'm not for or against publishing, but many other organisations have taken some action or made some statement
pep.feels like people are just waking up to see how crappy our world is
MattJAnd it seems entirely sensible that this should be discussed
NÿcoI'd rather go for positivity
our statement would look like "we support open standards and yes we authorise proprietary software to implement our (your) standard, (and let there be peace)"
but not sure of that wording though 🙂
emus> I'm not for or against publishing, but many other organisations have taken some action or made some statement
Sure, but lets take the time then for the next release and not after review was more or less done.
Nÿcoalso I underline our will to remain neutral as much as possible in termes of implems, teams, projects, philosophies
pep.Nÿco: neutrality is a lie :)
Nÿcohehehe
pep.what we do is political
Nÿcobut that's not positive! :-p
MattJI believe in the lie
NÿcoI said "neutral as much as possible" I did not say "strictly neutral"
Nÿcoanyway
Nÿcowhat would such a statement look like?
NÿcoI guess it would be the responsibility of the comm team alone, but also the board
MattJMy concern is that if we post the newsletter to social media, it will get negative reaction at a time when most social media is discussing other matters that most people deem more important
Nÿcohas this question been raised alreadyN
pep.as emus says I think it's a bit late. especially if you want to make that go through board
pep.MattJ: because that's never been the case before?
NÿcoMattJ, I don't observe those negative reactions, have you seen some? I would like to understand where your concern is coming from
pep.we didn't even make statements in cases where that affected us directly
pep.so..
MattJI don't frequent social media, but that poll seems relevant (note that it is US-centric and none of us are in the US)
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MattJOne of my wife's friends basically told her she was by default racist by not posting anything on social media about the matter. Pretty sure most people don't follow that line of thinking, but if we're doing marketing it may be a bad time to post generic tech stuff
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Nÿcowhat if we just publish our newsletter like that?
I mean we only do curation
that means we don't even write our own content
this is why doing a statement this time or next would be a first, but why not
so we only reflect what's happening in our community
if no mentions are made from all the things we cover, then what?
pep.MattJ: so breaking the so-called neutrality?
emusI think noone will claim on us if we drop our monthly newsletter ever month. Yes there is Corona, and people died of many unlawful things everywhere in the world everyday and we didnt care before (Obviously because we focus on XMPP). But this is out of our scope I think.
Nÿcook, now I se your thinking better MattJ
I had some remarks/comment asking for help, indeed (not accusing me of inaction or being opposite)
so that is quite a positive feedback on my experience
MattJpep.: my personal default would be to let it resolve and hold off posting for a week or so
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emusI'm absolutely against any non-related political statements. We would need to discuss every month on the worlds political issues...
MattJBut I am not commteam, I just want to see that someone makes a conscious decision about posting and doesn't walk us into the minefield without knowing it
Nÿcowe can hold a newsletter, which by the way is not really a newsletter
we can hold for a monthly period, which by the way is not really monthly
🙂
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emusI dont see a minefield. That statistics is a bit out of our range I think...
Nÿcothere are indeed minefileds, no only corona, but also BLM, let's name, and btw it is taking shape in France as well
Nÿcoin France as well, the political minefield will be a mess in the coming weeks
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Nÿcobut I'm not focussing on France, just showing
emusThe situation will hold on till next week too, I think the discussion is out of space...
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NÿcoMattJ, consciously, I have been part of several communications, and the questions rise in most contexts
some do acknowledge the context, some take action, some do nothing and continue
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Nÿcoone opinion that coudl resonate is: I'm fed up starting to read a new post/mail "in this context of coronavirus, crisis, etc." as this adds nothing (and sometimes it is just an unrelated intro)
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emusYes, but we talk about releasing because of our very small newsletter to a very limited group so far. The whole week people blog and write about other topics, no one wants to read about our personally interpretation of the world.
Please lets focus on the actual discussion
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Nÿcoour target goupr is hopefully not limited:
we have indeed less than 400 subscribers
but it is also published on our blog which is not analysed in terms of traffic (I still want our Matomo!)
and then is is relayed on social media, which you don't control because of sharing
and then it is translated in a few major languages
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pep.MattJ: fwiw I don't think the situation is worse now that it was before. It's just that there's more people getting interested in (broad) politics caused by the mass licensing that's been happening lately (which is a good thing, that they notice) :x
Nÿcothe situation may be more or less the same but the perception is not, you've pointer it out yourself
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pep.MattJ: fwiw I don't think the situation is worse now than it was before. It's just that there's more people getting interested in (broad) politics caused by the mass licensing that's been happening lately (which is a good thing, that they notice) :x
MattJpep.: and that's the part that concerns the XSF marketing department
MattJLike it or not, the XSF was not founded with a goal of social justice (there are many other orgs which cover that goal far better)
Nÿcooh wait, what? what are you tlkaing about? "mass licensing" ? what is it?
emusIf we dont release it today we wont release it with all the changes by tuesday. Im sure.
I dont get why whe should comment on US protestors. did we on Honkkong people? Or big demonstrations in Germany, we have a big german community.... thats absolutely out of scope. and anyway - would be scheduled to the june newsletter...
pep.MattJ: if as you say the XSF doesn't have social justice as a goal, why would we even bother with this topic
MattJBecause we don't want to do insensitive things that make the XSF look bad
pep.so we're just taking it and calling it a day?
pep.so we're just faking it and calling it a day?
Nÿcoplease emus do not release this weekend, I need time for a global review of the article that will take one or two hours, plus add the pictures, and then write all the social media posts for scheduling
MartinI don't think the xsf should get involved in that. There is murder, injustice and so on every day. If you pick topics to make a statement others will feel offended why you don't support their topic. Do you want to post stuff whenever something happens?
Nÿcowait pep. so what would be a statement like? benevolently looking for something different than my thinking
NÿcoMartin, yeah "neutrality" 🙂
pep.Nÿco: no. just curious what Matt would write really
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Nÿcoso please both try to write something fast, no judgement, I tried mine
emusThe XSF should talk that in their xsf chat, I think we make them look bad if we put unrelated topic to agenda.
Nÿco: The picture topic is a matter of discussion we need to do for the next newsletter version - please respect that.
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pep.Nÿco: I won't. I think we've never reacted to things like this and that's fine for the XSF as it stands. I personally disagree with this so-called neutral stance and would have reacted way before it becomes "popular"
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pep.Using any of this as a marketing opportunity is just repulsive
Martingoes nagging the local supermarket, water and power supply and beergarden around the corner. They didn't post something about the last racism thing in Absurdistan. They must be racist!
MattJHey what? I'm not writing anything
Nÿcooh no, it's not a marketing opportunity at all, not for us
NÿcoI hope
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MattJI'm not sure if anything should be written
Nÿcooh
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Nÿcoso we mostly agree we should not write a statement? I realise just that
MattJAs I said at the beginning I didn't post the link to state an opinion, I just want to make sure commteam knows what it is doing
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Nÿcoso we have had that debate and we are team-wide conscious of it?
MattJI think so?
pep.MattJ: that link in itself is an opinion :/
NÿcoI think so, too
emusIm sure we shouldnt, and we dont habe the ressources.
And in terms of ressources, I am getting frustrated...
MattJpep.: I didn't write what is behind the link?
MartinWhat's the XSFs position about the critical journalist being killed in Dumaguete? Or President Duterte in general? Just playing devils advocate to show that you better don't get involved in politics as long as it is not directly affecting the XSFs work.
Nÿcounrelated, the Twitter stats up to date
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wurstsalat> Im sure we shouldnt, and we dont habe the ressources.
> And in terms of ressources, I am getting frustrated...
yeah me too, it's just a summary of one months development events, nothing political. I didn't subscribe for that
SouL> What's the XSFs position about the critical journalist being killed in Dumaguete? Or President Duterte in general? Just playing devils advocate to show that you better don't get involved in politics as long as it is not directly affecting the XSFs work.
I think we all agree on that Martin
MartinThen why we are discussing it?
SouLMattJ was just making us aware of the latest "trends" online
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pep.Martin: we are a political org whether we want it or not.. we're producing "open standards" and trying to do so in a democratic way
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SouLWhat's political about that?
NÿcoI thnk we had a good debate that makes us grow, and we have a consensus
pep.What's not political about that
Nÿcowho wants to react on Twitter stats?
MartinThat's why I said 'as long as it is not affecting the XSFs work'
Nÿco(meanwhile, I'm collecting the newsletter stats for graphs)
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MattJSouL: thanks, someone understands :)
MartinI don't see police Brutalism against blacks directly affecting your open communication standard.
pep.SouL: maybe ask yourself why you care about standards and about them being "open"
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pep.anyway I'm out, enough nonsense
MartinMattJ:
> SouL: thanks, someone understands :)
But still, if you post it you must have thought it is related. Otherwise you are an offtopic spammer. 😁
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MattJMartin: it *is* related
MattJIt's an analysis of marketing approaches in the current situation and this is a channel about XSF marketing
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MattJSorry for making anyone aware of it who didn't want to be
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MattJI hadn't even scrolled past the first paragraph when I posted it, it's not the conclusion that matters, I see it as relevant no matter the conclusion
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emusCan we just release it? Tweets etc on tuesday.... all the improvments will be done in the next version.... so complicated...
Nÿco: better use the time for the "global reviews" you intended to make...
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Nÿcothat does no sound very nice...
SouLRegarding what MattJ shares, It is a perfect valid point, just to bring it up at least. Definitively everyday I'm reading for instance, many game companies are suspending events/announcements saying "other voices are more important now". Honestly you can think many things. They do it because it is the correct thing to do, they do it because their announcements will be ignored by other topics and prefer to wait until they can be on the spotlight, they do it because everyone else is doing it...
Many things.
I'm in favour of not doing any kind of statement, due to the nature of the XSF.
Many bad things happen in the world but our organization is not focused on that, like it or hate it.
USA has a strong influence on all over the world, so it is obvious someone would bring up the topic.
emus> that does no sound very nice...
I see sorry. just intended to ask to focus on whats necessary now
Nÿcono pb
stats/analytics are necessary, in order to better understand what we do and what people expect
Nÿcobut we usually rarely discuss those
it is wise to do this as a team, as this feeds our discussion, brings new hypothesis to explore
emusBut not now...
Seriously, that successful agenda changing from one day to another really disappoints me is unnecessary and I think unrespectful as there havent been any comments since I started the current newsletter. Still mentioned and highlighted everytime and was open to everyone...
emusI don't know who that said recently that ressources and people are burned - my +1
MattJWhich is why we were trying to hire someone...
MattJwho literally does this for a living
Martin> Regarding what MattJ shares, It is a perfect valid point, just to bring it up at least. Definitively everyday I'm reading for instance, many game companies are suspending events/announcements saying "other voices are more important now". Honestly you can think many things. They do it because it is the correct thing to do, they do it because their announcements will be ignored by other topics and prefer to wait until they can be on the spotlight, *they do it because everyone else is doing it*...
Right that's one thing I strongly dislike when companies out of a sudden make such statements. It looks rather like hypocrisy than honest. I always think they just want to jump on the train. So it's not empathy but marketing. So I see this more a negative thing than 'oh, this company has such a good moral I must buy their things'.
MattJMartin: which is what the poll was about, figuring out if that is the popular reaction
Nÿcoemus that is only your opinion that the date change is not necessary, that is not the experience of millions if not billions of people
preferably publish on Tuedays and Thursdays, preferably avoir weekends
jcbrandMy two cents... There's a lot of potential downside and almost zero upside to getting involved in politics and current affairs. Also, IMO the XSF isn't a political organisation and not everything in life revolves around politics.
MartinCan't speak for others. It seems US people are less critical about that statements. But I've heard they are in general more superficial. Dunno if that's true.
MattJAgree
MartinNÿco:
> emus that is only your opinion that the date change is not necessary, that is not the experience of millions if not billions of people
> preferably publish on Tuedays and Thursdays, preferably avoir weekends
That's why he want to release the newsletter as soon as it is done but advertise it in social media on Tuesday.
Martinjcbrand:
> Agree
+1
Nÿcothe newsletter and blog article publication date is subject to the same laws
MattJOk
Nÿcosocial media is only promotion
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MartinDo you have a link why tuesday is best? I can't really understand why. I can imagine a lot of people don't read stuff on weekends as they are busy with life, friends and family but on weekdays you read your feeds while commuting. But why is Tuesday better than Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday?
NÿcoTuesday and Thursdays indeed
emusYeah, then we promote it on Tuesday.
No thats a thing you bring in now where its a bit to late as we were up to close review. which havent been a point in the last releases I made. Actually I got positive feedback anyway...
And thats what I care about, that agenda turnaround is annoying to me right now as we worked on that, nobody cared, but now we should just listen to the last midnight comments? No, thats not valueing for a thing that we can easily changed for the next newsletter.
I already took in more reviews, to getbthings done and also its fine to tweet another day. But I also have a limited schedule and time I can invest...
NÿcoI don't know why mostly
I just know people are busier on Mondays and Fridays, but I don't know for Wednesdays
It goes the same for sales
I don't have a link, I'm on mobile now
MattJI believe it... I never make Prosody announcements on Fri/Sat/Sun
MattJUsually we do Tuesday
MattJBased on experience
MartinBut in your case it shouldn't matter as you don't have to fight for attention as prosody users have an intrinsic motivation to follow your announcements. 🤔
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MattJProsody users encompass far more than the core XMPP community... most Prosody users are outside the active community. If posting on Tuesday means they are more likely to see the post (whether it is a release or something else) I'll do that
emusSorry, I am really disappointed and angry about how things just turn around from one night to the next day and also at the very last minute to the people actually working on this.
MattJYou mean about what day to post? Why is it such a big deal? (either way)
MattJAll of this should be agreed on and documented anyway
MattJThat's the main issue
emusYes, but for the next version and from there on. Also some stuff needs to be discuss as there were some disagreements how to do things.
I just want to finish it and I just dont like it how its insisted on in the very last minute... as if we started working on this yesterday....
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pep.https://queer.af/@embr/104293093892408007 as an example of what I was saying earlier :)
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MattJFeel free to do whatever you feel needs to be done, as a person. But the XSF is not a political org. Otherwise, where exactly do we draw the line? Which political causes do we support and which do we not?
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MattJWe'd spend so much time debating that, I'm pretty sure it would do more harm than good by simply distracting from the actual causes
MattJWe can't even agree on how to format messages
SouLagrees on every single word said
leirdaFR
leirdaooops sorry... Please ignore that message, never intend to send it ^^'
pep.MattJ: the XSF is a political org, just that its stance pleases some more than others. We fundamentally disagree on this
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pep.Maybe the issue is that people don't understand what politics means..
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MattJSure, the "everything is political" argument. When issues cross into the domain of open standards and communication, sure, the XSF could do politics I'm sure. Tackling social inequality? There are better and more efficient vehicles for that.
pep.Promoting the use of federating systems and allowing people to setup their own server seems pretty clone to tackling social inequality to me :)
pep.Giving a venue to speak to people who generally don't have one
pep.s/federating/federated/
pep.Hence my « neutrality is a lie ». Even though we're still not doing enough to me
emus> MattJ: the XSF is a political org, just that its stance pleases some more than others. We fundamentally disagree on this
But not a political party and not anything directly related to that. But thats on the same level as saying: Everyone is a political actor in society. That basically true but doesnt help really. I think we should focus on what we are here for and do good. Making technical standards for communication.
Yes that has a policital point, but we should treat that from a technical side only. because thats where we have expertise, not in "anything else".
pep.We've surely lost the point since this afternoon
pep.I disagree with "we should treat that from a technical side only". I wish the XSF would wake up and change its political stance from « neutral » to something more useful to the other side
pep.« neutral » is only useful to the power in place
emusCould be rather technical statements we support apart from think in political statments. Those will be political in the end, too?
pep.Technical statements surely are political (people need to realize this). If I could I would go further though :)
pep.Technical statements surely are political (people need to realize this). If I could as the XSF I would go further though :)
GuusCan you give examples?
pep.Of what I would do further?
GuusYes
pep.I'd privilege free software solutions, for one. And also try to reach out to organisations fighting for online rights, surveillance and whatnot
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MattJAre you confusing a standards organisation with the EFF?
pep.No
MattJThat's definitely how it seems :)
pep.In any case saying we are not doing politics is just looking the other way
pep.I think my example above shows it quite effectively
pep.(+ english)
MattJAs I said earlier, "we" as individuals can do whatever, and through other orgs suited to the purpose. Doing non-tech stuff via the XSF is just weird and likely counterproductive
GuusWould that be to primarily benefit XMPP, or something else?
pep."that"?
GuusChange the XSFs political stance from « neutral » to something more useful to the other side
pep.If it's about the example I gave, then I think it would benefit the community around XMPP yes, that the XSF represents
GuusIt's still a bit abstract to me. I'm trying to get a more concrete picture of what you mean.
leirdaMattJ: I think it is not about doing non-tech stuff via the XSF, but rather assuming that we make political choices when doing technical stuff.
pep.this ^
GuusPlease be more concrete
leirdaThe example of making a federated service is a good one. We can't argue about the fact that it is a choice, because we could've done it otherwise, but it implies technical considerations.
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MattJOpen online communication is tech and it is the XSF's domain
pep.I'm not sure what this statement is supposed to mean
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GuusI have this problem too, but for most of the conversation. 😁
MattJYeah, I think I'm done with the whole thing
leirdaThe example of making a federated service is a good one. We can't argue about the fact that it is a choice, because we could've done it in a different manner, but it implies technical considerations.
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leirdaI think « open » also is a political term…
pep.Just as much as "standard"..
MattJOk ok
pep.My issue today was that MattJ brought a topic to commteam saying "you should be aware of this, something something marketing". The article itself was already pretty much oriented politically (encouraging for something rather than something else). The XSF being generally « neutral » (which I think is a lie, and what's probably confusing much of the talk here), I didn't see why we'd take this into account at all, because generally we don't seem to care at all and the XSF seems to be quite happy with the status quo
MattJThat's the root of the misunderstanding - you assumed that I was making a political statement by posting that link
MattJ(and you probably will insist so, I imagine, because "everything is political")
pep.Well.. yes :P
pep.But even if you didn't,
MattJAnd that makes no sense, am I not allowed to link to things I might disagree with?
pep.Ok maybe I'm saying it badly. The article itself expresses a political opinion
MattJOk, let's clear that one up... the article ran a poll
MattJThey reported the resulta
MattJThey reported the results
pep.And polls are exempt of political opinions?
MattJNot at all, people have opinions, that's why polls are run
pep.And commteam taking this into account wouldn't have improved the situation. You said if it were you you'd have been silent for a week, which is just as much as a political statement
pep.I would have wished commteam to go on with their thing and just ignore that (which.. they did in the end?)
MattJI wouldn't walk into a room full of people and start shouting about the new Prosody release without gauging the atmosphere first
pep.So generally during protests it's fine, but just this one we have to stay silent?
MattJBut we're basically doing that by posting the newsletter to social media at a time when other topics are being discussed worldwide that most people deem more important
pep.There has been a million times where we could have expressed an explicit opinion and we haven't, showing that we actually don't care much. Not sure why it has to change today (explicit or not)
MattJMany other tech orgs have paused their announcements
pep.Good for them
MattJI don't think it was unreasonable to raise the question here
MattJAnd the call is not my department, but I don't want it to not be a call at all
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emus> There has been a million times where we could have expressed an explicit opinion and we haven't, showing that we actually don't care much. Not sure why it has to change today (explicit or not)
+1
pep.emus, don't misunderstand me, I'd like this to change, but currently it's not the case :p
GuusIf expressing an explicit opinion benefit the XSF goals, I'd be in favour. I'm still not seeing the how and what, though.
emus> emus, don't misunderstand me, I'd like this to change, but currently it's not the case :p
I just wanted lazily state that I agree on what you said, known that not a matter atm
emus> emus, don't misunderstand me, I'd like this to change, but currently it's not the case :p
I just wanted lazily state that I agree on what you said, knowing that not a matter atm
emus> emus, don't misunderstand me, I'd like this to change, but currently it's not the case :p
I just wanted lazily state that I agree on what you said, knowing that's not a matter atm
emus> If expressing an explicit opinion benefit the XSF goals, I'd be in favour. I'm still not seeing the how and what, though.
I can imagine many people use commercial client, because they dont know better. many things people here think of privacy are actua'ly highly valued - nevertheless people dont know how to change things. That could be one thing to attract.
That reaching out to others is also in the same place. Many NGOs just never heard of xmpp I think
GuusI do not get what you're trying to say.
GuusI thinks there is a balance in commercial and non commercial clients (and other software) in XMPP?
GuusBut, besides that, I don't see how this relates to the XSF expressing an explicit opinion.
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pep.It's not about it being explicit or not
pep.I'm probably terrible at this (communicating), so that's not helping
emus> But, besides that, I don't see how this relates to the XSF expressing an explicit opinion.
Just saying that XMPP enables privacy. at least much more any most common software. Thats an interesting point for many political organisation. I think one example was named as EFF. Instead of being hidden this can help us being more recognised. Someone asked for profits on this
GuusClaiming that XMPP is privacy centered is not controversial or new. It says so in very bold letters on the landing page of xmpp.org.
Martin> I don't think it was unreasonable to raise the question here
So I ask them why they do now and not earlier due to the HongKong protests? Because murrican lifes matter more than Asian? If you consider to make a change due to A you get vulnerable to 'A is important to you it seems but you don't give a f*** about B, C and D.
MartinWrong quote sorry.
Martin> Many other tech orgs have paused their announcements
That's the one ^
pep.Martin, so we should blindly follow other orgs? disregarding our history
pep.And goals
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MartinHow do you read that?
pep.Ok maybe explain what you want to say with the quote
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pep.Guus, I'd say it's more about assuming that these are political choices
GuusThat's so vague
pep.what is
Guus> Guus, I'd say it's more about assuming that these are political choices
MartinI don't want to follow others. I consider 'other do so' a bad argument.
Many other don't do news now because the black lives matters thing is so important. But why is abducting kids for boko haram, killing in China or drug wars in Mexico not so important? Who will choose what to react on? I don't want to wear that shoe as it is an impossible task so better stay out of this and just do what you always do.
pep.Guus: "these" being our "neutral" stance, or privacy, federation etc. (how do they even all go together? What's "neutral" doing in here)
Guus> Guus: "these" being our "neutral" stance, or privacy, federation etc. (how do they even all go together? What's "neutral" doing in here)
Still way to abstract for me. I don't know how to put this to use for xmpp's benefit.
pep.It's not about XMPP it's about the XSF's stance
emus> Claiming that XMPP is privacy centered is not controversial or new. It says so in very bold letters on the landing page of xmpp.org.
I know, but with more active work it will be actually recognised. Everyone (e.g. Apple) claims to be secure and private. We should actually explain we "really" are or how we actually try to enable this (by technology).
Just saying and explaining what might can be an advantage.
The "Choices" XSF blog entry is actually a good thing what I like. Is the author still active?
GuusWell, I'm off to bed.
GuusGoodnight
pep.night
emusGuus: I think pep. would be happy already if we could make professional statements things happening. E.g. Corona app discussion as trigger.
Good night.
pep.The covid-app is another thing.. I'd rather not talk about that :x
emusYes sure, I just searched for an examole for a technical public discussion. We might could give our 2ct if it would suit.