On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 4:16 AM, mhoye via governance < governance@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:
> > I think that we need to have a nuanced and probably difficult conversation > about what openness means, and what working in the open means on the modern > internet. > In general, I think everything you said is reasonable, but I'm having trouble connecting it to the specific issue of IRC vs. Slack. Are there people who have abandoned IRC in favour of Slack due to harassment or similar reasons? (That's a genuine question, I don't know.) To me, the difference between IRC and Slack comes down to two things. - Slack is a bit prettier, easier for newbies, and has a few more bells and whistles. (Though a good client like IRCCloud makes the IRC experience very close to the Slack experience.) - Slack is proprietary and non-open. (The latter characteristic could help avoid harassment issues.) I suspect that people have moved to Slack because of the first issue rather than the second, though I'd be happy to be corrected about that. Assuming that's correct, I think it's a shame that our primary synchronous communication channel has been fragmented for that kind of reason. Nick _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
