#[tantek]GWG, I didn't see the Site Intros or Demos video links in the schedule grid the way the video links show up for the breakout sessions so I didn't see them
#capjamesgMy most recent message: This is the problem pcarrier was trying to solve. We disable history and have a bot that auto-deletes messages that are older than n hours.
#aaronpkthe reason the channel is called `#indieweb-chat` is kind of incidental at this point, orignially the IRC channel was #indiewebcamp and we made the informal channel #indiechat
#aaronpkbut then when we renamed the channels to use the #indieweb- prefix, the informal one became #indieweb-chat
#aaronpki believe we have some discussions on the wiki about renaming it to be more clear
#pcarriersummary of my position: #indieweb-chat is usable in Slack and IRC but not Discord because there it keeps telling you there are messages there then not showing them to you, even if they're super fresh. We should move to removing messages after N seconds instead, which I offer to implement as a bot.
#capjamesgI am unsure why we are talking about names. The problem is we need an informal space that has some history. IRC and Slack both give you some history.
#aaronpkone problem with the name is it seems to be encouraging more conversation in the unlogged channel than is really appropriate
#aaronpkif less important conversation was happening there, the problem of disappearing chat would be less
#capjamesgaaronpk Snapchat chats disappear but there is a 24 hour period where you can still see them IIRC.
#capjamesgSnapchat arguably became popular because chats disappear, but there is still history.
#capjamesgWithout any history, all context is lost in an interaction.
#aaronpki am up for running a bot to help with this but i still think we need to move more conversation *out* of the channel in the first place
#capjamesgI agree. That, however, is a separate problem.
#aaronpkthis is why i'm saying they are related problems
#capjamesgIf the only thing anyone does in #indieweb-chat is say hello to each other and ask how their days are going, the channel is a success and valuable to the community.
#capjamesgI agree there is a relation between more messages and people feeling like they are missing out on information.
#[tantek]agreed with aaronpk that I believe the name of the channel is greatly contributing to the problem, especially for new people misunderstanding it
#capjamesgHonestly, I feel like I'm not being heard here [tantek].
#[tantek]at this point I'd be up for summarily making a new channel, like indieweb-random, that does have history turned on in discord that we can instead direct offtopic things to
#capjamesgThen people are going to ask what's the difference between #chat and #random 😄
#[tantek]since you cited the example of Slack random channel being there by default capjamesg
#[tantek]as aaronpk said, I think naming of indieweb-chat was a mistake in the first place
#[tantek]and all the frustrations shared are valid (from you capjamesg, and pcarrier) and I believe support the fact that that naming was a mistake
#capjamesgI am all for any outcome that: (i) allows people to have an environment where they can chat (important for community building), with limited history so the context of discussions are preserved, and; (ii) is not confusing to newcomers.
#[tantek]aaronpk, those proposals were in an Organizers meeting/summit
#[tantek]around the time of the indieweb-* prefix change
#capjamesgNB: If we only rename the channel and do nothing else, I consider us to have failed in addressing the problem. It is essential we have a space where people can chat that is not logged on chat.indieweb., but that has history for context.
#[tantek]capjamesg, added a spot for you to put your name to further be heard 🙂
#[tantek]"Opinions?" list at bottom of that section
#aaronpk[tantek]: to be clear, are you suggesting *only* creating a new channel right now, and not changing anything about the #indieweb-chat channel at the moment?
#capjamesgMy only concern is that people not on Discord will still use #chat for everything because the behaviour there is functional, unlike in Discord.
#[tantek]capjamesg, I commit to regularly using random 🙂
#[tantek]I will put my live streams there for example ☕
#[tantek]capjamesg, there may be some split/transition for a while, and I think that's ok
#[tantek]if enough of us use random to make it welcoming (and frankly, less intimidating, with fewer people), that will solve the problem of being more welcoming
#aaronpki am also ok with treating this as a channel rename too
#[tantek]aaronpk, I'm ok with that but with a different name. there are some uses for "history disappears" that a bunch of us use -chat for that is a different use-case than what capjamesg is recognizing as more important
#aaronpkah ok, in that case this proposal includes *also* logging it on chat.indieweb.org?
#[tantek]the nice thing with a new channel rather than a rename is that we get to be explicit about setting the new culture of the new channel
#capjamesgWe shouldn't log random to chat.indieweb.org.
#aaronpkbut i would like to also propose we deprecate the "chat" channel, and make a new "off the record" channel (name tbd) that has the rolling delete bot in discord
#[tantek]pcarrier - nope, totally different use-cases
#[tantek]capjamesg++ for clearly stating the gentle community onboarding advantages of having something informal, whether or not it is on/off topic
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#gRegorI don't quite understand the different use-cases of those two then
#[tantek]ironically, we discussed that in #indieweb-chat 😂 😭
#gRegorEspecially since the otr section starts out with "The problems with the "chat" channel are documented above in the proposal for the "random" channel."
#gRegorit reads like otr has more concrete limits, the 90d limit specified, etc. vs random saying "with limited history"
#pcarrier(I strongly suspect Discord bots can't delete messages after 2 weeks, so 90 days can't be matched)
#aaronpkwait where does it say "with limited history"? that sounds incorrect
#[tantek]should we have a culture of, if someone does say something on-topic in the random channel, it's ok to quote them on the wiki?
#[tantek]yeah we should so no guarantee of any history or logs
#[tantek]as opposed to committing to some specific history, because we can't do that across clients/services
#tantek.comedited /discuss (+8) "/* Name ideas */ sort, put double breaks between items for easier viewing when editing to make sure you don't miss one" (view diff)
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#[tantek]weird in-between topics are totally ok for a "random" channel 😂
#tantek.comedited /discuss (+15) "/* events meetups channel */ expand first use of EH abbr for readability" (view diff)
#gRegorNot to add another option in the mix... but a more generic version of the -espresso option could be indieweb-cafe. Chill vibes, socializing, etc.
#pcarrierok, that does introduce a difference. I stand by "weird in-between". it's not persistent except in 2 places anybody can join and the web if someone else decides to… might as well be persistent then.
#[tantek]there's always going to be weird differences across clients/services. we can't hope to address/solve all of them
#tantek.comedited /discuss (+183) "/* random channel for informal */ it should/could be ok to quote from random even though it is not archived" (view diff)
#[tantek]ok I'll add it explicitly to the description to make it clear it is ok to do so
#aaronpki feel like those channels that i've seen end up being weird ghost towns because people jhust say hi and then feel weird starting a conversation in the channel to avoid clobbering other people's intros
#tantek.comedited /discuss (+132) "/* indieweb */ expand to include introductions explicitly being ok and welcome, and what you want to do with your personal site" (view diff)
#[tantek]agreed aaronpk. ok done, #indieweb is now explicitly welcoming of introductions and discussions of what people want to do with their personal sites
#capjamesgThat's the behaviour we encourage on Discord ^
#capjamesg#indieweb is mentioned as the first place you should go in the onboarding flow.
#[tantek]aaronpk, btw I support flipping on indieweb-random as proposed if no objections within 24hrs, without making that dependent on doing something with *-chat or the off the record proposal. Let's not introduce artificial dependencies that act as stop energy
#[tantek]these are great! capjamesg if you want to try copyediting the #indieweb description that I linked to in the wiki to be similar, please go for it
#gRegorIs the goal for -random to *eventually* replace -chat? Still not clear on the use-case and the "with limited history" I mentioned before
#aaronpksorry where are you seeing "with limited history"?
#gRegorThose three bullet points describe -chat currently to my reading. Sorry, not sure what I'm missing, but clearly am missing something. I'm not saying this to be anti the random channel either :)
#aaronpk-chat currently has *no* history in discord, not "at least some"
#[tantek]gRegor, it is explicit for the new random channel "has at least some history so the context"
#tantek.comedited /discuss (-23) "/* random channel for informal */ since folks are clear that this is part of the proposal: it is ok to quote from random" (view diff)
#aaronparecki.comedited /discuss (+9) "/* random channel for informal */ clarify not "publicly archived" since it is archived in slack, discord, and anyone's personal IRC clients" (view diff)