On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:02:05 -0700, "Frank Filz" <ffilzlnx@mindspring.com> wrote:
For many years we have been using IRC for community chat, however, of late, it has seen little use. It also has the disadvantage that you miss postings that occur while you aren't signed on.
I run ZNC (https://wiki.znc.in/ZNC) on a machine that is always connected, so I get a configurable amount of scrollback when my IRC client reconnects. However, most of the IRC channels I join generally just have tumbleweeds rolling through... :-(
Does anyone have any thoughts on where we might move to?
Samba moved to Matrix (https://matrix.org/). I use the Element client. Matrix has the advantages of being open, secure and decentralised. However, getting started wasn't straightforward, back in the day. It might be better now.
The Connectathon/Bakeathon community uses Discord.
I've managed to keep Discord out of the list of things I have to use... so far... ;-)
Google Chat and Slack are possible options.
Both proprietary. :-( Slack seems like huge overkill for simple chat, if you're not using plugins/integration/fancy-stuff. I probably wouldn't run the Slack app, just use a browser tab... and that has bad reconnect/login behaviour on browser restart. :-( ... but perhaps that's what the young people want today! [Yells at clouds...]
It would be nice to have a place we can have more immediate community discussions than the weekly conference call or the e-mail list.
Yep. I'm a minor contributor, so I'll go with the flow... peace & happiness, martin