Merely a suggestion, but has anyone considered a "chat room" on the SH webpage?
Check out this link for an example of a open chat session that can appear on synhak.org at no cost to the org. Link = http://chatango.com/creategroup?html5&ts=0010000009234112500 Might be a good place for all off-topic conversations. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Steve Radonich IV <nesfr...@outlook.com>wrote: > I personally would love to see forums where we could all post and have a > thread for projects we are working on > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Chris Egeland" <ch...@chrisegeland.com> > Sent: November 13, 2013 4:52 PM > To: discuss@synhak.org > Subject: Re: [SH-Discuss] Offtopic List? > > *watches the subscriber count jump by two* > > Yeah, the subreddit exists. Nothing really gets posted to it due to its > low subscriber count. > > We usually post stuff to /r/Akron and /r/Cleveland rather than to the > subreddit itself. However, if you really value your precious interweb > points, feel free to post something there and ask for up-phongs to the > negative x-axis. At least I'll upvote you. > > Chris > > On 11/13/2013 4:40 PM, Ben Lippincott wrote: > > WHAT?! WHY WAS I NOT TOLD ABOUT THIS? aaaaaaa reddit i love you > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Chris Egeland <ch...@chrisegeland.com>wrote: > > Forums were discussed a couple of years ago in the beginning. The > opposition to them was that people would have to register in order to use > them, and then it's another web app that we have to maintain, apply > security patches to, and everyone else would have to remember credentials > for. Personally, I don't think the community (members, friends of the > space, people interested in us, etc) is large enough to justify running > something like vBulletin, SMF or phpBB. > > Reddit is kinda already implemented (we have a SYN/HAK subreddit), but I > think only a handful of us actually use the site. The subreddit has > something like six posts in 8 months. > > More mailing lists appeals to me because it makes it possible for people > to subscribe to channels of discussion that are relevant to them. For > example, if we were to start making mailing lists that are specific to > individual projects (for example, the Power Racing Series cars), someone > who is uninterested in the project could browse the pipermail archives if > they wanted to see what was going on with the project. If they were then > interested in the project, they could join the list and become active that > way. > > Sure, it's nice to have one big massive list that everyone subscribes to, > but eventually you start to get the people that are overwhelmed with the > amount of email they are receiving. > > Chris > > > On 11/13/2013 4:20 PM, Ben Lippincott wrote: > > We could make a private subreddit > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Justin Herman <just...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Seems like a different medium might work better. I fear that different > people will have different opinions about what is off-topic. > Maybe instead.... > Fourm > Reddit > etc. > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Ben Lippincott < > benji.lippinc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wooot! Let's do it! > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Bethany Munyan <beth.mun...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I was thinking the same thing. I like the idea of having an 'off-topic' > mailing list. > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Chris Egeland <ch...@chrisegeland.com>wrote: > > Hey hackers! > > I've been watching the mailing lists very closely for some time now, and > have noticed a general uptrend in the volume of email sent to the discuss > list. Sometimes we get offtopic and go off on tangents about toast, or > other topics which are fun to talk about, but are ultimately irrelevant to > the space itself. Usually, this isn't a problem, but for someone who is > interested in the space, but not the minutiae of every little bit of > day-to-day operations, it can quickly turn into an overwhelming amount of > email. > > Today, I'm asking for input on how we should proceed with the mailing > lists. As you may know, we currently have 5 lists, two of which are > public, one semipublic, and two private. discuss@synhak.org and > annou...@synhak.org are the two that everyone knows about. Members may > know that they are automatically subscribed to memb...@synhak.org. Board > members are subscribed to bo...@synhak.org and us sysadmin folk are > members of sysad...@synhak.org. > > My recommendation is to create an "offtopic" list, which would have very > very lax rules on what can be posted. Anything you want to chat about. > Want to debate why the RubberDucks is a terrible team name and the Aeros > was WAY better? Sure, no problem. Got a pothole on Market street that > irks you every day? Have at it. Joke threads? Toast? No problem. The > other side to this idea is that the discuss list would have some basic > rules imposed that mean that any topics to the discuss list would be > required to be relevant to the space itself. Projects occurring at the > space would be relevant topics, open hours discussion, meeting minutes, etc. > > So, let me know what you guys think. I'm not officially proposing this, > but we may chat about it at the next meeting as a discussion topic, because > it would fundamentally mean we change how the mailing lists are organized > and structured. > > Thanks, > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Thanks! > Ben Lippincott > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Thanks! > Ben Lippincott > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > listDiscuss@synhak.orghttps://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Thanks! > Ben Lippincott > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > listDiscuss@synhak.orghttps://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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