> *** I just subscribed to this list a couple of days ago, with the hope I > can find some time to learn Guile. I find this initiative interestingly > clueless.
I've been following the list of guile about a year. If you had followed it I assure you that you would not see so clueless. (from the viewpoint of a newbie) > Seeking to attract a mass of users may seem like "a good thing" (TM), > but really, what you want to do is produce your contents on a site that > won't even *try* to spy on their users. If you produce your contents on > G+, many Guile users simply won't benefit from them. One could argue > that people not knowing Guile may come to know it and use it from that > initiative, but in the end, it will only deflect people from the > official community channels, and be harmful. I think you're overestimating a google+ account for newbies: if what you say happened, GNU Guile's official forums already had a problem before Google+ account.