I personally vote for irc. Perhaps via Libera. What are some example vibrant technical communities on matrix? I’ve experienced such on irc but less so via more recent / newer platforms
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 8:57 AM Ben Gamari <b...@well-typed.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > As you may have heard the Freenode IRC network, long the home of #ghc > and several other prominent Haskell channels, appears to be in the > middle of a rather nasty hostile takeover [1,2,3,4]. As a consequence, > it seems it will be necessary to migrate the #ghc community elsewhere. > > The next question is, of course, where will this be. One option is > Liberachat, the spiritual successor of Freenode. However, in recent > years I have also heard an increasingly loud choir of users, > contributors, and potential-contributors note how archane IRC feels when > compared to other modern chat platforms. Using IRC effectively in a > collaborative environment essentially requires that all parties use a > bouncer; however, this is (understandably) isn't something that most users > are willing to do. > > Consequently, I think it would be wise to expand our search space to > include other FOSS platforms. At the moment, I can see the following > options: > > 1. Remain on IRC and move to Liberachat, the spiritual successor of > Freenode > > 2. Remain on IRC and move to OFTC, another widely used network > > 3. Move to [Matrix] > > 4. Move to [Zulip] > > My sense is that of the non-IRC options Matrix is the truest successor > to IRC, being a federated protocol with a wide array of (if somewhat > immature) clients. I know some of our contributors already use it and in > principle one could configure an IRC-to-Matrix bridge for those existing > contributors who would rather continue using IRC. > > Zulip, while also being FOSS, is far more centralized than Matrix and > appears to be more of a chat web application than an open protocol. > > Do you know of any other options? Thoughts? > > Cheers, > > - Ben > > > > [1]: https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409 > [2]: https://fuchsnet.ch/freenode-resign-letter.txt > [3]: https://gist.github.com/aaronmdjones/1a9a93ded5b7d162c3f58bdd66b8f491 > [4]: https://mniip.com/freenode.txt > [Matrix]: https://www.matrix.org/ > [Zulip]: > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >
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