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Re: git-mentoring Google group replacement?

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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 2, 2025, 11:11 UTC
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Hi Emily,

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM 'Emily Shaffer' via git-mentoring <git-mentoring@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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> Because it's not possible for us to push back on these takedowns, I
> think it's time for us to seek an alternative and shut down the Google
> Groups list.
>
> Dscho proposed shutting down the Google Groups and having people ask
> in the Discord chat instead. I think it's reasonable; we've had a few
> newbies asking for contribution advice there and they get answers just
> as quickly, and we get a bit more moderation control. Discord is still
> not scrapable by web crawlers (which is one thing that was appealing
> to us about a closed Google Group). It does require account creation
> to post, but of course we still have git@vger, which does not; this
> mentoring-specific channel/list is supposed to just be an alternative
> for the especially shy.
>
> Thoughts? Alternate suggestions? I'd also be happy to host a list with
> some other service, but I don't have any personal experience on which
> services are good to use or not.

I agree with shutting down the Google Groups and suggesting people ask on either Discord chat or the #git-devel IRC Channel or the Git mailing list.

Thanks.
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  1. Emily ShafferFeb 28, 2025
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  3. Christian CouderMar 2, 2025

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