BADLUCK'S PROFILE

So, reading the arguments against Slack, all I'm getting is "authorization sucks" (and that's an absolutely huge hurdle) and "it does more than is needed" which is... I mean, unless there's some huge cost to that that I'm not seeing, like it's a memory hog or something, that is just not a valid issue. If Slack does more than IRC with no noticeable cost, then Slack is better, period. And that's not even taking into consideration the vastly superior client.

Do Slack's "unfit" features actually cause a problem that I haven't seen explicitly stated here? If not, this is a non-issue.

Now, addressing the "authorization" issue... that's a big one. While it takes a matter of minutes to register, those few minutes plus the need to download a client are likely the reason so few people use it.

Is there not some way to automate this process? Can a bot not automatically verify the people signing up, and then immediately link you to slack's browser client, and the admins trim the fat afterwards? It's not like you're going to see an influx of hundreds of people by doing this.

If that's not possible, I could make an argument in favor of IRC...

The way it's done on RMN is absolutely archaic. There is no good reason why first-time IRC users should have to download a client. If you'd like to use a client, by all means do so. But being expected to download and set up a client in order to chat with people is going to be far too much time and effort for someone with a spur of the moment thought that, hey, chatting might be cool. "Oh, I have to download a client? Eh, forget it then."

The response to that can't be "Well, if that's too much time/work, fuck you then." Because that's the argument against Slack's authorization too.

Why we're not using this...

https://kiwiirc.com/

... or something like it is beyond me. I've used this for RMN IRC before. Incidentally, I stopped idling there because the community was beyond dead.

https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.snoonet.org/reddit/?nick=YourNickHere

You click the link, you put in your name, you're in chat in a matter of seconds. Is kiwi a perfect client? No. But it'll get people in the community, and that's the goal. Ideally, what I just described is what should happen with Slack with an automated authorization process. If that's not possible, IRC is clearly better, but for only that reason.

My proposal: Change the "chat on IRC" link to either Kiwi or something like it, where you need only to enter your username, encourage those currently idling there to talk, and then make a big event to get people to come to the chatroom.

FIND SOME WAY TO AUTOMATE THIS FOR SLACK IF POSSIBLE AND ABANDON IRC ENTIRELY. If that can't be automated, Slack can never be the main way for RMN users to chat.

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Itchio should be fine. I'm not sure what happened that those files would be missing, but I'll just upload another version. Thanks for letting me know.

Oh, right, that was you! I was wondering who I got to take care of that... They really came out great, thank you for doing it.