A week or 2 ago, Lau_Of_DK asked me very nicely to stop talking so off- topic in #Clojure. I mentioned that we should have an Off-topic channel for people who would just like to talk, because just about every other language's channel on freenode has an off topic channel (#haskell-blah for instance). He said it has been discussed and because of the low volume of #clojure (which isn't so low if you think about it), it would not be a good idea. I just went along with that. But today I thought about it, and I haven't seen it discussed and if it has been discussed here before I'm sorry, but I'd like other peoples input on this. I feel that making an off topic channel for Clojurists would not effect the volume of #Clojure in any way. In fact I feel that it would remove any current, or future extensive off topic chatter in #Clojure and help to keep things on tract. If people want to talk off topic they can come to the off topic channel, and if they don't want to talk about #Clojure, they probably wouldn't be there in the first place. How would it effect #Clojure's volume? I personally think having an off topic channel is a great idea, but it's not my language and #Clojure isn't my channel.
I have made a channel on freenode called #Clojure-Offtopic for now it is explicitly marked as unofficial and waiting for Rich Hickey's approval. If for some reason, you guys /really/ don't want an off topic channel, I have respect enough to remove the channel for you guys. I will not announce this channel in #Clojure until I have the communities approval. It seems I've attracted durka to the channel somehow though :p. I'm sorry if this topic isn't right for this group, but I'm not sure where else I should discuss it. -Rayne --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
