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This just makes me think meshtastic found a perfect purpose.
Sadly a lot of the Meshtastic folks are libertarian HAM enthusiasts that lean heavily right wing. I’ve seen MAGA messages on our southern CA mesh quite frequently. Don’t really trust the people on there.
Sounds like that may be a locale issue, I haven't seen anything remotely maga (and some leftist stuff, by which I mean there is at least one person who gives away the garden goodies, which is not something I'd think of as a right wing option).
Or maybe my area is the weird one, I dont know.
Any experience putting out a node out there?
Yup, just two good hits for me, and I have to get different hardware. It was more or less cobbled together using hw I had with a different purpose I temp set up to try it.
I'm thinking of getting a T-Deck, and maybe repurposing a pi zero I have to be a relay (which would improve reception around town rather than relying on the relay in the neighboring city)
Maybe a meshtastic to matrix relay, or using a public mqtt broker or something for this sort of information to be distributed? Considering the information here, meshtastic seems a great fit.