On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 14:26 -0400, Paul Tiseo wrote: > The orthogonal point is that you should communicate by as few means > that give you the largest base. > > IRC? To build a community? Seriously? :)
It really shows and says quiet allot for so many in this area to comment negatively towards IRC. If only people realized how crucial IRC is to the FOSS world. Most any project has a IRC channel and allot of core interaction amongst developers and community leaders happens in IRC. Most the software your running on your Linux system comes about via IRC. Go see how many projects don't have a IRC channel, because most will. How do you think I ended up getting involved in Gentoo, becoming a developer, then on the foundations board of trustees, etc. Most meetings within Gentoo, council etc take place on IRC. That all came about because I ended up in #gentoo-java IRC channel, and started socializing with others in the community. But thats not exclusive to Gentoo by any means. I followed lots of activity within Debian simply by lurking in Debians IRC channels. Pretty sure one of the JaxLUG's former presidents, Erinn Clark still lurks or is active in the #debian-women IRC channel on OFTC. Anytime I can't get answers from Google, mailing lists, forums, bugzilla, etc. I tend to end up on IRC. Just go take a look at how many channels exist and people are in those channels ;) IRC is NOT a thing of the past or anything to be underestimated. Also where do you think most black markets take place? Hackers communicating, organizing things, selling credit cards, etc. If you know it shows, and if you don't well.... Making comments than IRC can't be used to build communities, and other negativity toward IRC. Really that kind of thinking makes me want to move to another area. At a minimum people are just casting out their own personal opinions, showing a lack of experience, and any research as to how IRC is used and/or the importance of IRC in 2011. -- William L. Thomson Jr. Obsidian-Studios, Inc. http://www.obsidian-studios.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
