[OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Slack

[Dave F]

Hi Michael

On 29/03/2016 21:58, Michael Reichert wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Am 29.03.2016 um 22:45 schrieb Dave F:
>> Because IRC works in real time. Contributors have to be in the same time
>> zone (or stay up really late/ get up really early). It's biased towards
>> densely populated zones ie Northern Europe or East coast if North America.
> You will face this problem with every type of communication, even email.

This conversation is a perfect example that that is not true. Anyone, 
anywhere in the world is free to join in.

> You will have a slower conversation if the other contributors live 9
> hours off your local time.

I fail to see how that is a problem. Rarely do things in OSM need 
immediate responses.

>
>> As it has no record facility it turns into the equivalent of little
>> groups huddling away secretively in the corner of the room to have a
>> whispered conversation; something that only teenage girls usually do.
> Do really want to read the full log of a chat room?
If there were a record, many IRC discussions wouldn't occur. It's often 
used by the weak/arrogant who are too scared/self-important to have 
their opinions verified & countered.

> Note that people write emails slower than a chat
> messages and therefore the text is well thought out (I hope, sometimes
> this is not true) and therefore easier to read.
>
That's another good reason to use Newsgroups/Web forums & not the 
knee-jerk response inducing IRC.

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