On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 06:23:37PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > Hello, > > Am Donnerstag 01 Dezember 2022 17:42:47 schrieb Bernhard Reiter: > > seems to be a good time to start an official Mastodon account > > for GnuPG and related topics like Gpg4win and OpenPGP. > > this plan was frozen > first by the future OpenPGP standards (see gnupg-devel@ from the 26th on). > secondly by me being unable to work for several weeks > > > At least for announcements and some interaction as the interest > > is growing for this decentral platform. > > I'm picking it up again and assume ongoing interest. > > == Server selection details > > > > initial rough requirements: > > * located in Europe > (preferred, because many GnuPG / Gpg4win people > know the legal environment in the EU better) > > * can be volunteeringly paid for > > * some volume / track record to expect a good administration > > * a moderation and contents policy that allows for respectful > > exchange, but is liberal in that commercial Free Software > > topics (and broad other topics) are allowed as well. > > * (optional) Free Software and privacy friendly organisation > > Found more: > * can take the potential load (https://twitter.com/gnupg as 20k followers) > * (optional) Tor network access > * German any English? > > The latter is a question if we should make two account, one for Englisch and > one for German. There are quite a lot of German speaking Gpg4win and GnuPG > users, it probably is the second largest group after English. > > Thanks again for the server suggestions, my current ranking is: > 1. https://mstdn.social 35k account > Has everything, strong point: Tor access. > Weak point: no advertising > I've asked, and it is okay to write about professional > Free Software products as long as it does not flood the public timeline. > > 2. infosec.exchange 18k > Servers rented in Germany, Responsible Person in the US. No Tor. > No FS preferance. > Strong point: Infosec community (and moderators from that topic) > > 3. fosstodon.org 16k > No Tor. > weak point: English post only. >
Well there was also the initial thought of spinning "our own" instance. I still hold the gnupg.social dns registration and I am still willing to pay for it and keeping it current. I also would chip in time as a assistant administrator. Though I have to say I do not have any experience in running a mastodon instance. -H > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > https://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org https://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
