Aryeh Gregor writes, > I'm not assuming that -- I've been idling in the secret channel for a > while now. (I keep almost saying its name, argh. Channels that aren't > access-restricted and rely on secret names are annoying.) Most of it > is just chitchat. But that's exactly something that the broader > community should be part of, so that staff doesn't form its own group > that excludes volunteers.
As a student of human communication, I'd like to affirm what Aryeh says. Chit-chat is phatic communication -- part of group-forming and the way that people form social ties and learn how to work together. Saying "we chit-chat over here" and "discuss development over there" imagines a false dichotomy between the two kinds of conversations, and draws a line between the two groups. It ought to be "we chit-chat and discuss development together." Pete _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
