On Feb 17, 8:23 am, Rayne <disciplera...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A week or 2 ago, Lau_Of_DK asked me very nicely to stop talking so off-
> topic in #Clojure. I mentioned that we should have an Off-topic
> channel for people who would just like to talk, because just about
> every other language's channel on freenode has an off topic channel
> (#haskell-blah for instance). He said it has been discussed and
> because of the low volume of #clojure (which isn't so low if you think
> about it), it would not be a good idea. I just went along with that.
> But today I thought about it, and I haven't seen it discussed and if
> it has been discussed here before I'm sorry, but I'd like other
> peoples input on this. I feel that making an off topic channel for
> Clojurists would not effect the volume of #Clojure in any way. In fact
> I feel that it would remove any current, or future extensive off topic
> chatter in #Clojure and help to keep things on tract. If people want
> to talk off topic they can come to the off topic channel, and if they
> don't want to talk about #Clojure, they probably wouldn't be there in
> the first place. How would it effect #Clojure's volume? I personally
> think having an off topic channel is a great idea, but it's not my
> language and #Clojure isn't my channel.
>
> I have made a channel on freenode called #Clojure-Offtopic for now it
> is explicitly marked as unofficial and waiting for Rich Hickey's
> approval. If for some reason, you guys /really/ don't want an off
> topic channel, I have respect enough to remove the channel for you
> guys. I will not announce this channel in #Clojure until I have the
> communities approval. It seems I've attracted durka to the channel
> somehow though :p.
>
> I'm sorry if this topic isn't right for this group, but I'm not sure
> where else I should discuss it.
>
> -Rayne
The IRC nazis are just that. IRC is on the internet. IRC is not some
CIA/FBI stream of information. I think off-topic should be allowed in
most IRC channels and in most it is. It is a virtual community.
Community implies communal discussions. That sometimes veer from the
core topic. I started out on freenode on #java and they were liberal
about off-topic and it was a great way to interact with cool people.
The more stand-offish channels are easily forgettable.
There are really only two ways to run IRC, no off-topic or off-topic.
The no off-topic channels suck.
With that, I think it is silly to create a clojure-offtopic, offtopic
should be OK sometimes in #clojure.
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