Re: [hibernate-dev] Chat migration - D minus 115 until the death of HipChat

On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 08:49, Yoann Rodiere <yoann(a)hibernate.org&gt; wrote: > > Assuming the new chat platform takes off, there's a risk it might be > too successful as well > > Ok. Well, I guess we'll see. As I mentioned above, I don't think forcing > people to have a GitHub account will be very effective, but I can't suggest > a perfect solution either. Bots answering with a few links (documentation, > etc.) to the first message of each user come to mind, but that could be > considered rude, so I wouldn't do that unless the traffic becomes > unmanageable. Other solutions include kicking out "spammers" (but that > doesn't work if it's many users asking a single question), or making the > -dev rooms invite-only and only checking the user rooms once in a while > (might work if Gitter sends emails when your are mentioned while offline). > So, yeah, in short: I don't really know. > > > More just accountability. But if some form of login in needed to use > Gitter, that's enough for me. Sounded like the other option was "allow > anonymous", which I wanted to avoid. > > Then it should be fine: anonymous access apparently only allows to read > messages. Login through GitLab, GitHub or Twitter is necessary in order to > start posting new messages. > > Yoann Rodière > Hibernate NoORM Team > yoann(a)hibernate.org > > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 at 19:34, Steve Ebersole <steve(a)hibernate.org&gt; wrote: > >> For me its not so much about "the right kind of people". More just >> accountability. But if some form of login in needed to use Gitter, that's >> enough for me. Sounded like the other option was "allow anonymous", which >> I wanted to avoid. >> >> On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 11:41 AM Sanne Grinovero <sanne(a)hibernate.org&gt; >> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 at 17:27, Yoann Rodiere <yoann(a)hibernate.org&gt; >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > I don't see why we should force people to have a GitHub account, >>> considering there are other means of logging into Gitter. >>> >>> Ok. >>> >>> > >>> > As to getting the right type of people, I'm not sure it's relevant. >>> Most people are likely to have one, and those who don't are likely to not >>> have one for political reasons (think free software extremists) rather than >>> because they aren't tech savvy enough: while the "hibernate" naming might >>> confuse users looking for information about grizzly bears, I doubt my >>> grandmother, my 7-year-old nephew or even my non-software-engineer of a >>> wife would end up on Gitter by mistake. >>> >>> Well since that's obvious, clearly I was referring to a different way >>> of cathegorizing people joining@ not by age or expertise in technology >>> but in having reasonable expectations and willing to do some research >>> before bothering us all. >>> >>> You probably weren't around yet, but Hibernate has had hard times in >>> which it was "victim of its own success": just too many >>> kinda-interested people making a ton of basic questions that could be >>> easily solved otherwise. >>> >>> Some "barriers" we have in place have made it manageable; of course I >>> can't tell if it's all merit of the barriers of entry or just people >>> coming in lower volumes with better intentions, but I'm confident that >>> some of the barriers we have have helped to keep some sanity (e.g. >>> login on #hibernate-dev on IRC requiring an account). >>> >>> Assuming the new chat platform takes off, there's a risk it might be >>> too successful as well. But I guess we'll see, or let's use a very >>> bad chat platform so to keep people from coming :P >>> >>> > >>> > >>> > Yoann Rodière >>> > Hibernate NoORM Team >>> > yoann(a)hibernate.org >>> > >>> > >>> > On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 at 18:02, Sanne Grinovero <sanne(a)hibernate.org&gt; >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 at 16:02, Steve Ebersole <steve(a)hibernate.org&gt; >>> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > What is it a conscious decision to not require a GitHub account to >>> join these rooms? I just noticed that is a toggle-option in the room's >>> settings also. >>> >> >>> >> I don't remember. We created these rooms as an experiment in 2014.. >>> >> Yoann created some more rooms recently. >>> >> >>> >> Should we enforce people to have a Github account? I'd like that, I >>> >> think it would better nudge towards getting the right type of people >>> >> to join. >>> >> >>> >> Thanks, >>> >> Sanne >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> > >>> >> > On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 6:17 AM Guillaume Smet < >>> guillaume.smet(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 11:35 AM Sanne Grinovero < >>> sanne(a)hibernate.org&gt; >>> >> >> wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> > If one wants a lot of features then clearly only Slack is the >>> way to >>> >> >> > go. Not saying we should go with Slack, just that we'll need to >>> be >>> >> >> > patient and we'll always be short of some features - if that's >>> not >>> >> >> > acceptable then only Slack will make you happy. >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> >>> >> >> TBH, I don't care about fancy features. Gitter is OK for me but >>> yeah not >>> >> >> having sound is really annoying. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> I might miss notifications from time to time. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> In any case, it will mostly be a problem for you all if you ping >>> me :). >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> > BTW the issue you linked to suggests the native clients don't >>> have >>> >> >> > this specific problem.. might want to try that? >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> >>> >> >> I prefer to have it in the browser where I do most of my >>> interactions with >>> >> >> people. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> And AFAIK, Yoann wrote they were only packaged as deb (and not >>> very excited >>> >> >> about compiling it). >>> >> >> >>> >> >> BTW, tbh, I'm a bit worried GitLab has only one dev on it if they >>> want to >>> >> >> become a player in this area. They certainly have some work to do >>> to catch >>> >> >> up with others. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> -- >>> >> >> Guillaume >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> >> hibernate-dev mailing list >>> >> >> hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>> >> >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> hibernate-dev mailing list >>> >> hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>> >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev >>> >>