[announcement] Telegram bridging to be retired Wed. 20 Sept. | 5 to-dos

[Ilmari Lauhakangas]

On 23.8.2023 14.24, Paul Brown wrote:
> A lot fo good ideas we can use to reach a compromise, but this ...
> 
>> KDE members are of course free to participate in discussions anywhere
>> they want, but loading KDE resources (sysadmin team & machines) with all
>> possible proprietary network doesn't seem a priority for me.
> 
> ... 😬
> 
> By that logic, would you have a problem if Promo stopped managing Facebook
> (65,000+ followers), Xitter (120,000+ followers), LinkedIn (17,000+
> followers), and Reddit (100,000+ followers)? These are all proprietary and all
> load KDE's resources. But it is KDE's Promo resources.
> 
> If Promo didn't manage these platforms, KDE would gradually lose this
> audience, and I can prove that with graphs.

It's not the same logic. Chat platforms with bridging infrastructure 
need moderators/user support + sysadmin time + hardware. 3rd party 
social network platforms need moderators/user support. If Facebook et 
al. would be bridged to the KDE chat infra (dark magic like this might 
awaken the Great Old Ones and should not be attempted), it would be the 
same logic.

Ilmari