[Xymon] Xymon social media presences

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 08:57:57PM -0700, J.C. Cleaver wrote:
> Along the lines of the previous update, I've reactivated a Facebook page
> that I'd set up for the project a long while back (which FB had hidden
> over time), as well as created handle accounts on various social media
> services:
> 
> https://facebook.com/XymonMonitor
> 
> New accounts have been created here, primarily for #hashtag and @account
> reference purposes at the moment:
> 
> https://twitter.com/XymonMonitor
> https://instagram.com/XymonMonitor
> https://reddit.com/u/XymonMonitor

Might be my bubble, but does anyone in IT still use these platforms,
especially Twitter and Reddit?

In 2023, I'd kinda expected a Fediverse (e.g. Mastodon, Firefish,
etc.) presence instead of a new account on the centralized and dying
Twitter platform.

Good question is though which Fediverse instance might be a good one
for Xymon. I would _not_ take the biggest generic ones (like
mastodon.social or mstdn.social), but a medium sized one with a good
reputation for reliability and a more or less fitting topic,
floss.social or fosstodon.org maybe.

(There also exists a Mastodon instance named monitoring.cafe. It seems
to be an instance for a monitoring community, but rather new and not
yet open: https://monitoring.cafe/about — I've asked how their plans
are: https://chaos.social/@xtaran/111176160822935709)

Not sure about Reddit, but it has gotten quite a bad reputation after
some disputes between the company behind it and the community. (Albeit
it IMHO didn't get as bad as Twitter's reputation got after the
Muskocalypse.)

Then again, I've _never_ used Facebook nor Instagram. (Not sure who's
worse these days, Musk or Zuckerberg…) So it really might be just my
bubble.

		Kind regards, Axel
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