Just found out about https://elmlang.slackarchive.io so this is potentially a non-issue.
On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 1:06:14 AM UTC-4, Dave Rapin wrote: > > The problem with slack is that discussions are lost after you hit their > limit (which wasn't terribly high last time I checked). So instead of > finding / googling for an answer / question that had previously been > covered, you must ask again, which is of course async and therefor more > time consuming. > > I don't mean to seem anti-social, but if I'm in the middle of solving a > problem and run into an issue, I reach for Google way before I'd post on > Slack. Slack just feels like a black hole where information goes to die. > > > On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 4:25:49 AM UTC-4, Noah Hall wrote: >> >> For contrast, consider the Elm community on Slack. Friendly and >> welcoming, all kinds of questions get answered. Here, flamewars and >> personal attacks happen far too often, and it's really giving Elm a >> bad name, despite being a minority of people. >> >> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 3:37 AM, John Orford <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I remember reading that post from Overmind and thinking it v odd. >> > >> > Maybe I am blind or have rose coloured glasses. >> > >> > Unsure whether Noah's rule book will help or hinder. But good that he >> cares. >> > >> > On Sat 6. May 2017 at 09:01, Mark Marlow <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> John, >> >> >> >> I tend to agree that the discourse isn't a problem. However, one can't >> >> help but notice that there is a perception of hostility in this >> community, >> >> e.g. >> >> >> >> https://elixirforum.com/t/front-end-development-options-2017/3832/2 >> >> >> >> The standard you walk past is the standard you accept, and we all need >> to >> >> take ownership of the community we're a part of. >> >> >> >> Noah, thanks for pulling this together and hope this is a first step >> in >> >> improving our community. >> >> >> >> M >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >> "Elm Discuss" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> >> email to [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "Elm Discuss" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
