3') Or a dedicated Agora Slack server with separate channels for OFF, BUS and DIS...
On 5 November 2016 at 09:24, Nicholas Evans <nich...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's been some frustration voiced about the three mailing list system, > again. I say again because there was a plan to migrate the mailing lists to > a unified solution this summer, but it fell by the wayside as, presumably, > the mailing list maintainer got busy. But now it's being brought up again. > I thought we'd have a unified discussion for it instead of putting it in > replies to other things. > > (I'd like to link you to the appropriate discussions from this summer, but > since they're split among multiple archives it's difficult. Look in your > history, or the archives' history, for "Future of Agora", "might as well > try for a show of hands" and "Rule Improvements".) > > 1) OFF, BUS, and DIS. The split is useful, yes, but also a relic. One > reason we maintain this split (besides an incredible conservatism) is > because it prevents accidental action-taking or burying actions in mounds > of discussion. There's probably better solutions to this though. > > 2) Combining BUS and DIS. I'm not against this, but would like some sort > of Subject convention that makes it remain easy to find office-relevant > information. > > 3) The /other/ discussion forum: IRC. We're still using IRC. I'm 24, and > the fact that I know what IRC is is an anomaly. We're not going to bring > any youngsters into the IRC fold, especially when much nicer IRC-like > solutions like Discord and Slack dominate. Speaking of, I saw that > BlogNomic has a Slack and wondered what it'd be like to have a unified > Slack/Discord for nomics. For those of you unfamiliar: you have a server > with some number of text and voice channels. Slack's very popular among > tech and freelance professionals, and Discord is very popular among > gamers/them youths. Both are accessible from websites, downloadable > clients, and smartphone apps. We could co-operate with BlogNomic and have a > unified Nomic server with channels for each nomic, as well as a general > channel. No longer fragmented kingdoms of yore. > -- ---.sig--- DISCLOSURE (updated on legal advice): The information in this email is confidential. If its contents are disclosed our lawyers will swoop down from helicopters and smash through the skylight nearest you and drag you away with a black bag over your head. They will then take you to our super secret headquarters and make you fight to the death with other people who shared this email. We will then watch said death match and place bets on the winner. You will be given a large buck knife and an unlimited supply of methamphetamines. If the fight becomes boring or there is a stalemate, rabid dogs will be released into the arena to liven things up a bit. If the dogs become docile, we will squirt them with water bottles until they become temperamental. ----------
