I can tell you that, despite being perfectly familiar with IRC (I've been involved in open source since the early 90's), I've chosen to just avoid reaching out in a lot of cases where I probably could've saved myself some hassle. To be honest, as soon as I see the biggest section on https://pulpproject.org/help/ is "IRC", I internally think "oh, it's one of _those_ projects" and resign myself to probably not getting interactive help. I didn't even notice the matrix support at the bottom of the page. In the presentation today, matrix wasn't mentioned at all - just freenode.
This is just one guy's opinion, but I suspect that emphasizing IRC over lower-friction mechanisms probably introduces a barrier that reduces potential community involvement. On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:47 AM Melanie Corr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > One of our main communication channels as a community has been Freenode > IRC. > We maintain a Matrix bridge to Freenode but require all users to register > with Freenode because of spam and to ensure that both Matrix and Freenode > users see each other's messages. > > As you're probably aware, there have been mass resignations from the > Freenode board, first leaked last week but made official today [1], as well > as the announcement that they are creating another network [2]. > > As far as I can tell, all open source communities are currently reviewing > their options. I wanted to open a conversation here to see what you all > think about our potential options. I have been monitoring the Ansible [3] > and Fedora [4] community threads to inform myself of other group's thought > processes. > > Most importantly, I want to know what Pulp users think. > I am of the opinion that because we already maintain a presence on Matrix, > it makes sense to stick with Matrix. However, I know that others don't like > Matrix as much as I do, so I am hoping we can discuss and weigh our options. > > Thanks, > > Melanie > > [1] > https://fuchsnet.ch/freenode-resign-letter.txt > [2] > https://libera.chat/chanreg > [3] > https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/19 > [4] > https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/371 > -- > > Melanie Corr, RHCE > > Community Manager > > Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com> > > Remote, Ireland > > [email protected] > M: +353857774436 IM: mcorr > <https://www.redhat.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Pulp-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pulp-list
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