+1 Maybe we all have so much work to do, and also need time to write whole thoughts down.
IM will destroy it and can't go deeper and multi-thread. best regards, Jason > On Sep 7, 2018, at 23:14, Huxing Zhang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 11:33 AM Jerrick Zhu <[email protected] > <mailto:[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
