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WHY AREN'T YOU FUCKERS IN IRC?
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CloseYou're missing the fact I hang out there all the time now.
Addendum: Slack is a bad avenue for community interaction.
There are also easy Chrome apps for IRC, such as this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/byrd-irc-client/endimfdcgfnlmoankhocnkhgohmoecoi
Addendum: Slack is a bad avenue for community interaction.
There are also easy Chrome apps for IRC, such as this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/byrd-irc-client/endimfdcgfnlmoankhocnkhgohmoecoi
I guess I should figure out how to join it without the Opera web browser that I'm too lazy to reinstall.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
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Because fuck IRC.
I already use Slack at work so it's 100x more convenient!
also people love using emoji and inline pics
also people love using emoji and inline pics
Slack is great for collaboration and organization. I use it constantly at work. I could easily see RMN staff using it.
But for the masses? Seems very ill-suited. Both IRC and Slack share a similar problem of high-friction. AKA, it takes setup to work. But Slack is higher friction than IRC, requires authorization, etc. Waste of time for the general populace.
But for the masses? Seems very ill-suited. Both IRC and Slack share a similar problem of high-friction. AKA, it takes setup to work. But Slack is higher friction than IRC, requires authorization, etc. Waste of time for the general populace.
As an actual tool to help us in gam mak, I see slack easily being very detrimental. There's a significant number of people who use it and conversation threads get lost really easily. IRC on the other hand, seems like more junk to dump in my computer.
psy_wombats
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author=WIP
Slack is great for collaboration and organization. I use it constantly at work. I could easily see RMN staff using it.
But for the masses? Seems very ill-suited. Both IRC and Slack share a similar problem of high-friction. AKA, it takes setup to work. But Slack is higher friction than IRC, requires authorization, etc. Waste of time for the general populace.
Yeah I prefer IRC but ~network effect~ so I lurk slack now. It all hooks up to pidgin so it looks the same anyway. Plus there are people on slack who never showed up on IRC, so, eh.
80% of my Slack usage is on my mobile - show me a decent IRC app with a consistent UX between different types of devices and I might check out IrC again.
Also alot of people found IRC unwieldy in the past for whatever reason, and Slack is much more user-friendly.
Is it ADMIN-friendly? Not so much. I also dislike the fact that all our data, including emails, are on Slack servers...
Like the EU, it's not perfect, but at this point we need it anyway. Open to alternatives, though.
Also alot of people found IRC unwieldy in the past for whatever reason, and Slack is much more user-friendly.
Is it ADMIN-friendly? Not so much. I also dislike the fact that all our data, including emails, are on Slack servers...
Like the EU, it's not perfect, but at this point we need it anyway. Open to alternatives, though.
author=Mirak
Speaking of slack who do i ask to authorize me?
Um, any of the mods, so people like YM, Libby, Ziggy, Frogge or Mawk :D
IRC? I tried that once, but it seemed really clunky and awkward, and took me like 10mins to just get to the chat... and the emojis are so boring there!
author=SolitayreLook two posts above yours.
Sorry WIP but trying to say Slack is more onerous than IRC couldn't sound more backwards to me.
To add more to this discussion: Slack and IRC both have problems. IRC doesn't have a great universal client, especially on mobile. Slack's entire business is derived from their client not being garbage, so it's pretty sl
IRC has the interoperability and freedom Slack doesn't.
My ultimate thought: RMN runs its own IRC server tied into the existing user database and allows instant-on chat via an Electron-powered client. I actually fucked around with the thought and got a prototype functioning in a couple hours.
