A channel can be easily logged if anyone joining it is made aware of.
Dealing with facebook: I have no accounts but there's nothing wrong in
discussing anywhere. What cannot be done outside of talkpage is building
consensus. No consensus can be reached on facebook, irc or elsewhere.
Vito
2016-02
On 23 February 2016 at 12:17, Andrew Lih wrote:
>
> > The main disadvantage is the lack of good archiving - it is pretty hard
> to
> > find something on fb after say - half a year.
>
>
> Compare that to IRC which disallows logging altogether. It’s not just hard
> to find discussions, it’s impossib
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Tomasz Ganicz wrote:
> Facebook has many disadvantages as a communication tool. The only reason to
> use it just because more and more people adapt to it.
>
TL;DR version of my response - I feel your analysis is too simplistic.
Along with those “disadvantages” a
Facebook has many disadvantages as a communication tool. The only reason to
use it just because more and more people adapt to it.
The main disadvantage is the lack of good archiving - it is pretty hard to
find something on fb after say - half a year. The other issue is the
distraction which facebo
For instant messaging (faster communication) there's IRC if a group
discussion that's meant to be open for anyone is considered. Of course,
IRC is a bit archaic, but it doesn't force one to agree to Facebook's
TOS.
IRC is still quite popular in the wikimedia and free software universe.
Of course,
For my part I can say that I've moved some discussions to Facebook, because
there the communication flow is faster. In a group chat there are no edit
conflicts and, since Wikipedians tend to write fast, the conversation goes
almost with the speed of talking.
Another usage of Facebook is for commun
