Hi, On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 11:33 AM Jerrick Zhu <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi, community > > Now, we have some chat groups, which are used to discuss about dubbo, such > as: > > * Dingtalk group, nearly 30 people, committers and contributors > * WeChat group, contains committers, contributors, and many users > > I think we need to public these chat groups, so that all people can join > us. > > Maybe Gitter? or Slack ? > > Or maybe we can drop the chat, just use the mailing list and github issue > for discuss.
I am +1 on using mailing list without any instant messages chat groups. My reasons: 1. My past experience tells me that once people start to chat in chat groups, they never come back to mailing list, even if you ask them to do so. 2. Chat groups may be efficient, in terms of you can get an answer quickly, but actually in most cases it produces too much useless information, because it is cheap. Instead, when you are writing email you will have more detailed thoughts. Sometimes when I wrote down my initial thoughts, it turns out the initial thought is wrong. 3. In the long term goal, I think Dubbo community should think globally, if there are contributors are from a different time zone, then asynchronized communication will be necessary. What I suggest: * Stop answering question in chat groups, instead, encourage them to ask on mailing list or file an Github issue. I believe if the core contributors leave, the questions will shift. * Think before you ask. Do you really need an answer so urgently? If not, ask asynchronously. * If you feel difficult to ask in English, please use Chinese followed by English. > > Any other suggestions? > > Sincerely. > > jerrick -- Best Regards！ Huxing
