Shawn, I'll add it as an agenda item for the next committee meeting. Kind regards, Ryan Hamel ________________________________ From: Shawn Solomon <sdsolomo@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2025 5:27:41 AM To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: Ryan Hamel <ryan@rkhtech.org>; Brandon Butterworth <brandon@bogons.net> Subject: Re: Where else do you hangout? Caution: This is an external email and may be malicious. Please take care when clicking links or opening attachments. I would suggest the board or "moderation committee" send a simple survey to this list to identify what platform(s) are preferred. s On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM Brandon Butterworth via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org<mailto:nanog@lists.nanog.org>> wrote: On 21/08/2025 06:12:41, "Ryan Hamel via NANOG" <nanog@lists.nanog.org<mailto:nanog@lists.nanog.org>> wrote:
whereas Discord is very likely already running on a person's device.
I have most networks apps installed but not that. Slack seems to be way more prevalent but has a high paywall and bins your data if you don't pay. Enterprises tolerate the pricing to avoid Teams but it does not work well for open communities, on several we are just tolerating it because it is the common client people have on their devices (including locked down work devices).
Since I mentioned the Discord link in this thread, nine users have joined, and their account ages span from 3-9 years. All it took for them to join was clicking or tapping the link, which has very little to no friction.
Indeed. I have an old discord login that would add to those stats but not be the indication you suggest. Due to splitters we tend to accumulate logins all over but that does not mean we are active users with an app installed. Discord is one that I occasionally visit via the web site when prompted and then not look at for another 6 months. There are too many systems like this to poll, especially private web forums of ix and such. Event driven email is way more useful.
All this proves my point that IRC simply does not have that level of awareness, convenience, and ease of use.
It's pretty trivial, even apps for it now brandon _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/message/BEXOWZ4V...