Re: Perhaps it's time to think about enhancements to the NANOG list...?

[Edward McNair <emcnair () nanog org>]

We currently have a beta instance of Discourse running: https://www.discourse.org/features 
<https://www.discourse.org/features>

It gives us the same functionality as Mailman, with a more flexible, modern interface, and many new features. We will 
keep the community posted as we explore its functionality.


Edward McNair
Executive Director

emcnair () nanog org | +1 866-902-1336 ext. 102  | www.nanog.org
NANOG | 305 E. Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite 100 | Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA

> On Mar 22, 2021, at 2:20 PM, scott <surfer () mauigateway com> wrote:
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> On 3/22/2021 4:00 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
> > The migration happened just a month or two ago. Are we talking about the same thing?
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> > TBH, most discussion in the WISP space has moved to Facebook. The busy WISPA mailing lists used to get about 20k 
> > messages per year. When I last checked, they were down to 5k or so and on a downward trend. Meanwhile, the Facebook 
> > groups have exploded, both in members per group and the number of groups.
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> Please tell me you're not suggesting that to be able to participate in NANOG a person must move to FB.  I would get 
> banned from NANOG for saying what I think about that...
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> scott