I noticed there are a decent amount of locking on the forum due to things being off-topic from qubes. I’m wondering if it might not be a good idea to leave people the option to talk about a variety of things and not keep it very strictly Qubes related. I think it both builds community and it gives u…

[image] nexus: I’m wondering if it might not be a good idea to leave people the option to talk about a variety of things and not keep it very strictly Qubes related. The “All around Qubes” forum category is exactly for such discussions. Only snag is that “This category is exclusively availabl…

Maybe the mods should have the option of moving a topic to “All around Qubes” if it’s deemed to be not spam and allowing the poster to contribute only to their topic. Of course this option could already exist but I only recently gained access to that category so I don’t know much.

If generic discussion should be allowed (e.g. for attracting more traffic/interest), this should be properly isolated in a “Cacophony” section with proper rules. E.g. 2 warnings in a week for off-topic violations in main forum = 1 month in “Cacophony” only. Other repeated violations in “Cacophony” (…

I still don’t quite understand why someone who doesn’t want to discuss Qubes OS would want to do so on the Qubes OS forum. ▶ Just an observation...

The things around us color the specific thing that we have in common. It’s useful to get the vibe of the community in order to understand both what people care about and what they can contribute with.

The flip side is identifying people and making them possible targets for social engineering. I see your point in real life. But in a forum, it’s merely surveillance capitalism’s logic (to me, that is).

Sure, I guess that’s a tradeoff. If you’re worried about that and you’re sitting on valuables then might be a good idea to not share too much personal information. Personally I’m interested in seeing discussions that are a bit off QubesOS topic, especially when I know the people discussing and into…

[image] nexus: I noticed there are a decent amount of locking on the forum due to things being off-topic from qubes. I’m wondering if it might not be a good idea to leave people the option to talk about a variety of things and not keep it very strictly Qubes related. I think it both builds commu…

Another idea would be just to make a Discord server or something and invite people to it over time, not sure if this goes against Qubes OS forum rules though.

[image] The First Independent Matrix Homeserver for the Qubes Community is Born! General Discussion Why Not Use Telegram or IRC, and Instead Choose an Independent Matrix Homeserver? I used to manage the qubes chinese telegram group t.me/qubeszh . However, I beli…

Consider that generic discussion of non-qubes OS things is healthy for the forum

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