> > In around a month Mozilla will remove the irc.mozilla.org IRC server > we've been using for #emscripten. So we need another option for real-time > discussion. > One option is discord, where the wasm community has been gathering, and > there's already an #emscripten room there that someone set up, > (...) > Thoughts? >
I have followed this mailing list, but not the chat--wasn't aware of it! Regardless, my $0.25 (inflation): I feel switching to a closed-source (or otherwise centrally controlled option) would be a step backward from IRC. If the technorati are to be role models and making any kind of stand for the future, there must be a push past the captive mentality of "trusting some guy's website". Decentralized platforms like matrix.org won't have a chance unless we give them that chance. Having tried out Discord (for the mentioned WebAssembly group, was quiet when I was there) and Slack, I strongly oppose usage of either. For a service this simple, inviting middlemen into the picture is anything but future-proof. It's a lot of deja-vu all over again. Recently I'm having to look into other chat options for my group. We'd rather liked StackOverflow's chat feature, and had been using it for a decade. But times change; the SO of today is not the one we knew then. Recent events there have eroded trust beyond repair: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/342039/firing-community-managers-stack-exchange-is-not-interested-in-cooperating Hence I'd like to see matrix.org ...or if that seems too avant-garde for some reason, then irc.freenode.net seems a low-effort change. --Brian P.S. I always thought the following talk was good to remind one of the stakes, James Vasile on FreedomBox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bDDUyJSQ9s -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "emscripten-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/emscripten-discuss/bd4e26a2-5aa4-4e75-970b-b5b586368942%40googlegroups.com.
