+1 for Slack! -- Andy Wenk Hamburg - Germany RockIt!
GPG public key: http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x45D3565377F93D29 > On 23 Feb 2017, at 12:48, Garren Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > At this stage I only really want to consider slack. If that is successful > we can consider other ways of helping the CouchDB community. > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Martin Broerse <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am ok with this but would like http://www.discourse.org/ better. This >> way >> you can google old discussions and advice given will not be lost. See: >> https://discuss.emberjs.com/ >> >> - Martin >> >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Garren Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>
