Convincing universities to promote XMPP
Hello, I've been using XMPP for a while and it is great. Hosting a server is also very easy, there's even Snikket which I've been able to convince semi-technical people to host on their computers. The problem is that not enough people use this protocol. (yet!)
I was wondering if anyone has tried to pitch the idea of hosting instances to universities lately. They all have their own email and web servers, why not have instant messaging as well? Historically places of study and research have been the starting points for technological improvement. Professors would show students that they can communicate easily without feeding Big Tech their data and without the fear that their communication channel could be taken away at any point.
If your specific university has taught you about XMPP, that's great. Sadly here in Eastern Europe our professors aren't really engaged in what they do and the things that they teach are pretty old. Even they use WhatsApp, which is depressing. (and infuriating because technically it also uses XMPP, just that it's a modified and closed down version of it)
I've remained in contact with one of my professors who teaches cybersecurity, and it really wouldn't be hard to convince him of the need for free ways to communicate online. If you did something similar, is there anything that I should know before I start this process?
I was wondering if anyone has tried to pitch the idea of hosting instances to universities lately. They all have their own email and web servers, why not have instant messaging as well? Historically places of study and research have been the starting points for technological improvement. Professors would show students that they can communicate easily without feeding Big Tech their data and without the fear that their communication channel could be taken away at any point.
If your specific university has taught you about XMPP, that's great. Sadly here in Eastern Europe our professors aren't really engaged in what they do and the things that they teach are pretty old. Even they use WhatsApp, which is depressing. (and infuriating because technically it also uses XMPP, just that it's a modified and closed down version of it)
I've remained in contact with one of my professors who teaches cybersecurity, and it really wouldn't be hard to convince him of the need for free ways to communicate online. If you did something similar, is there anything that I should know before I start this process?