On Fri, 2020-11-27 at 14:28 +0100, Vojtěch Zeisek wrote:
Dne pátek 27. listopadu 2020 14:19:54 CET, Mark Stopka napsal(a):
c) agreeing on a set of tools and policies that will empower all demographics to be *somewhat* comfortable and productive at the same time, I just feel that the differences in working styles among these demographics is so wide, that one forcing the other to adapt "their way" is not feasible anymore for growing projects... young people come to OSS for experience, with Discord we give them the feel of Slack - which frankly will probably be something they will be using at their day-job after they finish studies (or who know what will be the new killer app in 5 years), that is the reality, I miss IRC as much as the other guy, but times have changed...
I can agree with You in most of points, I just wonder 1) if You still have a community if there are separated groups of people using incompatible communication tools, and
Absolutely. For decades we've had people who _only_ use the mailinglist or _only_ use IRC or _only_ use the Forums and yet no one has ever suggested that those people are less part of the community. Such a fact doesn't change when the number of platforms increase.
2) how are You going to coordinate their activities, e.g. on particular project?
Coordination is always a fun topic. I think some people on this list expect far more coordination than is necessary (or even appropriate). After all, in a community of volunteers the driving force is not 'what someone else said needs to be done' but what 'individual contributors feel needs to be done'. Even with no coordination at all, stuff will still get done because people willing to give their spare time to the Project will find stuff they want to do. But, with a diverse number of platforms, there's sometimes a benefit to have some coordination efforts reach out to folk on those platforms. That's why you seen Dominique's Tumbleweed reviews going to both mailinglists and blogs for example. That's why you see me tweet and blog and mailinglist-post about Kubic/MicroOS updates. Sure it's a little more work, but helps grease the wheels of this community machine while ensuring we're open to a broader audience who might not enjoy using older platforms.