XSF Communications Team - 2022-01-08

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congrats on that success for sure.

no idea how the article i did on xmpp went viral but it received around 30K views

it just got picked up on hacker news and that was it

imo xmpp is setup to gain a lot of users this year

i am trying to insert it in every relevant conversation

for instance, disroot just shut down their matrix instance because of privacy concerns

a privacy focused community ditched matrix in favor of xmpp. that could be spun into a huge win

but it needs people to shed light on the story

dw i got y'alls backs

and will try to stay updated with new developments here

Ramiro Romani: > for instance, disroot just shut down their matrix instance because of privacy concerns "Just" means when?

the post i saw was on their Pleroma dated 2 days ago

it could have been farther back

i should check

https://fe.disroot.org/notice/AF9T8wwxs7H9Xw3HEm

could just be them explaining their reasoning - i may have missed the newsletter

> Ramiro Romani escribió: > no idea how the article i did on xmpp went viral but it received around 30K views not bad

> Ramiro Romani escribió: > it just got picked up on hacker news and that was it Would be nice to post the newsletter and office hours talks there

btw sam are there any sign ups already?

> no idea how the article i did on xmpp went viral but it received around 30K views Which one?

Hi ralphm, once there were some fosdem xmpp flyers. were are the files etc stored?

In general, everyone please remind the Newsletter is already open foe your contributions from whole December and January! Newsletter draft on Github: https://github.com/xsf/xmpp.org/milestone/3 (Navigate to the latest issue, then to 'Files changes', then 'Edit File') Or drop your news text to you online pad: https://yopad.eu/p/xmpp-newsletter-365days

FWIW there is no chance of a virtual FOSDEM stand for us this year

They only invited people who applied for a stand last year, and we didn't

really? omg...

Wtf?! It's virtual so what's the issue!?!

I think each stand has a Matrix channel and a website section. They said they have some process that has to run to generate them, and it takes days. They said they don't have the volunteer power to handle more than last year.

I strongly feel that we, as a community, need to do something this year

just wow

> MattJ escribió: > I strongly feel that we, as a community, need to do something this year Yes - but Matt - focus on your own situation first

I'm happy to help out with it (not for a couple of months at least though)

But we should start coming up with ideas

im alread GSoC admin so thats covered :)

That's good

You've been doing a good job promoting that :)

Thanks!

MattJ: in what way did you think of doing something?

TAKE EM TO TWITTER!!!!! (nah, just kidding)

emus, I really don't know yet

Something like an online summit, but also with a side of outreach to folks outside the usual community

Which is what a normal year in Brussels used to give us

"Its decentralized, they said" :P

yes, I would really like to actively support such an event

Did you already sent a mail with contact address and pentabarf accounts to stands@fosdem.org in case they do another run?

Thats what they recommended here https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2022q1/003378.html

> Martin wrote: > Which one? https://takebackourtech.org/xmpp-comeback/

Ah, this one.

December? Oh well... https://bishopfox.com/blog/xmpp-underappreciated-attack-surface

Ramiro Romani: Which "hacker news"?

*IM*: orange website

do yall have a site for the conference?

singpolyma: > orange website ?

At the moment I translate the thoughts (alternatives to WhatsApp, interoperability, E2EE, pseudo security) to englisch - they are going to be published (hopefully) the next few days. If you like the content, a link in the "hacker news" (and everywere else) would be nice.

https://news.ycombinator.com/

what's your site?

https://www.freie-messenger.de ✏