Hey Pub-folk of /c/cybersecurity! Wanted to get a quick pulse-check and collect some thoughts from the community here regarding their usage both current and future. I’ll
- Would anyone like to see weekly threads created for things like #mentorshipmonday? If so, let me know what kind of weekly threads you all would find useful/interesting.
- There are a few infosec/cyber-related communities that have popped up both here on infosec.pub and elsewhere (e.g. kbin.social, fedia.io, etc…). Some are more niche, while others similarly general as this community. What is everyone’s thoughts in terms of where they plan to spend their time? I want to be mindful of the fracturing and try to build something here that people find useful.
- Do you think the “threadiverse” (kbin, Lemmy, etc…) is a viable alternative to Reddit for you? (Assuming you were on reddit originally).
- If you have any other thoughts or suggestions for the community please share them here as well! Thanks!
On point two that’s a concern that I have regarding lemmy as a whole.
While there’s specific infosec related instances, there’s also going to be /c/infosec on an untold number of other lemmy instances, through what means can we establish a dominant location for conversations about cybersecurity?
I understand the question is outside the scope of what is currently being asked.
I think people will gravitate to / settle at a few main places in time but for now the scattering effect is in full force. What’s pretty not-understood yet by most is the capabilities these federated systems have with respect to easily following communities across multiple instances. For example, you can have an account here on infosec.pub but follow, consume and interact with posts/replies in other communities on other instances. Doing this natively is not particularly intuitive at this time but it (hopefully) won’t be long until updates to the native UX or third-party clients roll out that make this easier. Personally, I’m surprised no one has dropped a (good) Lemmy/Kbin client for iOS as there is definitely some money to make right now as people are all excited about the migration. I’m actually planning a guide of sorts which detail some less-understood functionality of Kbin/Lemmy and how us Reddit migrants / Fedi-interested folk can make the most of things here.