Re: Should we do something with #git-devel on Freenode?

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 21, 2021, 18:38 UTC
Message-ID: <60a7fe0b2dd8d_558062087@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <YKaaBj0KmJ3K5foC@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King wrote:

> Of course there's value in coordinating. Everybody _can_ hang out on
> their favorite venues and eventually talk to each other, but it's much
> easier if everybody agrees where to go. :)

I don't think it works that way.

I "everybody" agrees to move to Discord, many old-timers won't. Same with Gitter. And if most people were on IRC, many youngsters wouldn't come.

There's a limit to how many chat applications you are willing juggle, and adding one more just to chat with git developers is something many people won't do.

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Felipe Contreras