30 Mar
2023
30 Mar
'23
12:14 p.m.
On Thursday 30 March 2023 04:55:29 E. Liddell via tde-users wrote:
On Wed, 29 Mar 2023 23:00:45 -0500
Darrell Anderson via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
Yes, I thought we already had come to a consensus not to put more burdens on
the developers; back when we were discussing Twitter versus Mastodon?
Just let them concentrate on making TDE even better, and not demand that they
maintain multiple accounts on non-free social networks.
I don't mind the idea of a forum, or something like that, but there's the
problem of where to host it. I say let's keep our stuff free - maybe not
quite Richard Stallman level, totally absolutely 100% certified pure and
wholesome free, but at least where TDE doesn't get hijacked by who-knows.
Some of our folks here run servers. They might have some ideas. Then, too,
once we get the donations redirected to Slavek, maybe we can figure out how
to get our own.
Bill
TDE is just about the only desktop environment
that does not have an
online forum. Reddit and Discourse forums are popular in many Linux
distro circles. Many have both Reddit and Discourse forums. Reddit often
has a bad reputation but my experience (many years) is the computer and
professional forums are well moderated.
I have no objection to a forum, but I *do* object to both Reddit and
Discourse.
Reddit is a third-party website over which we have no control. If they
decide to pull the plug, everything goes poof, and they have the ability
to tamper with posts (I'm aware that currently they don't do that, but
the current owners could easily sell out). Plus I'm pretty sure that
setting up an account would require us to give *them* an email, and I don't
trust them not to sell their lists.
Discourse has a bad habit of chasing the newest and shiniest in browser
tech. Never mind Konqueror, I had recent issues with a Discourse forum
(still not completely resolved) in Pale Moon, which is an
actively-maintained browser. Using older or alternative software isn't
unusual here, so Discourse is inappropriate for the potential audience.
If we wanted to self-host an instance of phpBB or Simple Machines or
something, that might work, but I don't know what the maintenance
requirements would be. We don't want to dump more extra work on
Slávek.
E. Liddell