Moving beyond 'Public'

For most of us, the Public channel will be very busy with more or less useful information.

So to advance the mesh to a reliable source of useful information, I would like to propose some channels with topics that could add some additional value to the mesh.

#news a channel to share news articles. I try to share at least one news item a day which I found interesting and might be interesting to others as well. I usually send the article title as one message and the link as a second message.

#local which a channel that might be interesting in the future when we can limit the number of hops per channel (e.g. 4-8) and share highly localised information about upcoming events, road closures etc.

Moreover, I briefly thought about #traffic, however you should not text and drive and I am not sure what information could be shared that your navigation app not already knows.

I hope that people will find value in this and contribute. You will only get out of it what you put in.

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The GTA has #Bluejays, TFC and Raptors with a score bots. #BBQ is an up and comer. #Jokes is always good for a laugh.

I’m looking into making a bot that would post to channel #transportation. It would update any ferry delays, bus delays, skytrain delays, and road closures. (Accident, not construction)

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