diff --git a/content/news/community-announcements-1.md b/content/news/community-announcements-1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..080d316c14d98e72dea21d7c3e10095ccb563076 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/community-announcements-1.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ ++++ +title = "Community Announcements - Matrix, Fosstodon, Lemmy and YouTube" +author = "Ribbon" +date = "waiting" ++++ + +This post will cover the important changes for community on this year. + +## Matrix + +It was decided that Matrix will be our permanent way for communication. + +Since January the Redox project was testing Matrix as the new platform for community/development communication, Jeremy Soller migrated to Matrix because of its maturity and popularity. + +A Matrix [space](https://matrix.to/#/#redox:matrix.org) for Redox was created with some rooms, more were added over time, you can see the current state below: + +- [#redox-join:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#redox-join:matrix.org) - a room to be invited to the Redox space. +- [#redox-general:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#redox-general:matrix.org) - a room for Redox-related discussions (questions, suggestions, porting, etc). +- [#redox-dev:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#redox-dev:matrix.org) - a room for development, here you can talk about anything development-related (code, proposals, achievements, styling, bugs, etc). +- [#redox-support:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#redox-support:matrix.org) - a room for testing/building support (problems, errors, questions). +- [#redox-mrs:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#redox-mrs:matrix.org) - a room to cover all ready merge requests without conflicts (if you have a ready MR to merge, send there). +- [#redox-board:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#redox-board:matrix.org) - a room for Board of Directors meetings. +- [#redox-voip:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#redox-voip:matrix.org) - a room for voice/video calls. +- [#redox-random:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#redox-random:matrix.org) - a room for off-topic. + +Jeremy decided to use the [Rust Code Of Conduct](https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/code-of-conduct) as rules for the rooms. + +The Redox space is invite-only, every new member must join the "Join Requests" room and request an invite to the Redox space. + +Only members of the Redox space can see/join the rooms. + +(This system satisfy our needs properly) + +The power of all moderators is limited and a room for moderators is available, we discuss moderation-related issues there. + +If we have problems with the `matrix.org` instance, probably we can host one using the Synapse server (the same of `matrix.org`) because of its maturity. + +Conduit is a Matrix server is written in Rust but is not ready for production use yet. + +## Fosstodon + +Fosstodon is an alternative for Twitter, we have more control over our content there. + +- [Fosstodon](https://fosstodon.org/@redox) + +We plan to migrate the userbase of Twitter to Fosstodon. + +## Lemmy + +Lemmy is an FOSS alternative to Reddit, we have more control over our content there. + +- [Lemmy](https://lemmy.world/c/redox) + +We plan to migrate the userbase of Reddit to Lemmy.