Hi All, I would like create a slack channel for the CouchDB community. IRC is often considered a barrier to entry for people wanting to ask questions and learn about CouchDB. Slack is a lot easier and less intimidating to get started with. When we do this, we would setup a IRC <-> Slack bridge. So that people on slack can communicate to people on IRC. So if you prefer IRC you can still use it.
The best success story for this model is the PouchDB community, they have a slack channel with a bridge that links the IRC channel. And the community has really grown significantly since this has been implemented. I know the Hoodie team also has something like this and it has also worked well. I would like to do the same, with a slack channel with two rooms that then have a bridge back to #couchdb and #couchdb-dev. Would everyone be ok with this? Could we trial it for 3 - 4 months and see how it goes? Cheers Garren Apache CouchDB PMC
