FWIW, Slack allows per channel disabling of search. This would negate the benefit of a more accessible problem/solution archive, but I feel StackOverflow has taken that on anyway, so I wouldn’t object to make use of that switch, if it makes this proposal more inclusive.
Best Jan -- > On 23 Feb 2017, at 20:56, Joan Touzet <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm -0 on this. > > We have a specific history around IRC that is important to retain, > specifically the IRC channels have never been logged. I feel strongly > about not retaining log history from our discussion area; it gives > people the ability to be more free about their discussions without > worry about being on the record. > > Slack as a host (whether you use IRC or Slack as the chat gateway) > does away with that, at least partially, and I think it will be > for the worse. > > I will probably drop out of chat if this happens. > > -Joan > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Squier" <[email protected]> >> To: "Martin Rudolph" <[email protected]>, [email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 9:56:59 AM >> Subject: Re: RFC CouchDB Slack channel >> >> Would also love to see this! >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017, at 04:35 AM, Martin Rudolph wrote: >> >>> +1 for Slack and btw. I think there is a http://www.discourse.org/ >> >>> <http://www.discourse.org/> plugin for slack… >> >>> >> >>> Cheers >> >>> >> >>> Martin >> >>>> Am 23.02.2017 um 13:28 schrieb Dan Santner <[email protected]>: >> >>>> >> >>>> I'm in for that!! >> >>>> >> >>>>> On Feb 23, 2017, at 1:22 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 >> >>> >> >> >> -- Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: https://neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/
