George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️<p>What the <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> really needs is a mailing list (out-of-band) for all <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/instance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instance</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/admins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#admins</a> and operators. Something like <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/NANOG" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NANOG</a><span> for network operators.<br><br>And no, Discord is not acceptable. Discord has HUGE privacy, trust, security, and safety issues.<br><br></span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Email</a><span> is available whether you're on vacation, in space, hiking across Europe. It's ubiquitous and its available everywhere and on every device.<br><br>Call me a boomer if you want. (I'm actually Gen X).<br><br>But the fediverse and </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/fediadmins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediadmins</a><span> need a dedicated mailing list for coordination and discussion.<br><br>Barring that then there needs to be a </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/published" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#published</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/directory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#directory</a> of out-of-band <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/contact" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contact</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/information" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#information</a> for all <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/fedi" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedi</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/admins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#admins</a>. (Opt-in of course.)</p>