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  1. @ottona is special because it forms a social network using distributed hardware & open source software, completely independent of any commercial infrastructure. It is valuable as a proof of concept: you can contact people without your internet provider, cellular network nor cloud services. Just radio. It shows the way for resilient infrastructure & fun in tech. Nobel Prize type significant. Why they harass & alienate people posting on their site is a mystery.

  2. blocked me from their discussions site following this exchange github.com/orgs/meshtastic/dis about something innocuous. I had written to the 3 email addresses listed to complain, & GitHub, that moderator was harassing me. They ignored me. Then I wanted to delete the content of all my posts but that was not possible, so I edited them to read "moderator harassing me". Whereupon all my posts were deleted and I was also blocked. You can make up your own mind.

  3. The fabulous meshtastic discourse site meshtastic.discourse.group/t/s wants to move to GitHub Discussions

    I can see why in practice there are advantages for the people fielding questions: easier embedding into GitHub of issues and less strain on the fabulous folks who keep the project running. BUT ... it feels sub-optimal in principle because it is not a FOSS site but a commercial host (Microsoft). Are there any other solutions?