Slack chat and video helped us tremendously on the Log4j team especially since Log4Shell.
Gary On Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 07:50 Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi! > > while the classical ASF communication culture is pretty squarely > centered around mailing lists it has become apparent in recent > years that some of our communities (especially younger ones) > prefer using alternative channels of communication. The range > is pretty wide from Slack to Telegram and WeChat (and I have > even heard of an occasional TikTok use ;-)). > > The question that originated from one of the board meetings and > the one that I'd like to pose for this forum is basically: what's our > collective advice to these communities on these alternative (and > when I say alternative I really mean anything but a mailing list) > communication channels? > > Personally I don't think denying them is a viable strategy, but I'd > like to open up this discussion and see what others think. > > So... let's at least start with folks sharing their experience with > these alternative communication channels: the good, the bad > and the ugly. > > Personally, I don't think I have much to share -- I'm still very > much a mailing list guy when it comes to ASF. > > Thanks, > Roman. >
