Re: Reinventing the wheel on a path to deeper learning

[Matthew Pounsett <matt () conundrum com>]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 at 02:42, Cynthia Revström via NANOG
<nanog () nanog org> wrote:
> And while Discord is not at all a replacement for mailing lists in my opinion, I think it's important to realize that 
> it (and other chat based things like it) have their place, especially among the younger groups.

I'm not even "the younger group" anymore (as a nearly-50 gen-x-er) and
I still prefer chat for many kinds of interaction.

As for NANOG specifically, it would not occur to me to ask on this
list about beginner-level networking problems, and that's as a
long-time NANOG attendee and list subscriber.  NANOG's environment
just doesn't give the vibe that it's a good place to start when you're
just trying to figure things out.  The list traffic and meeting
agendas have always been dominated by either high-capacity or
high-complexity.

Someone trying to sort out early questions is going to be way more
comfortable on a chat platform (that doesn't have a permanent memory),
possibly even in a channel designated for that kind of help.