[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
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.
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.
[tantek]agreed with aaronpk that I believe the name of the channel is greatly contributing to the problem, especially for new people misunderstanding it
[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
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.
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.
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]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
[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
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
gRegorEspecially since the otr section starts out with "The problems with the "chat" channel are documented above in the proposal for the "random" channel."
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)
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.comedited /discuss (+183) "/* random channel for informal */ it should/could be ok to quote from random even though it is not archived" (view diff)
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
[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
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 :)
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)