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I chat with non-technical people on IRC everyday. If setting up an IRC client is "too much work", contributing to FOSS is "too much work." Don't force everyone
by wcummings 11y ago
I chat with non-technical people on IRC everyday. If setting up an IRC client is "too much work", contributing to FOSS is "too much work." Don't force everyone onto a proprietary platform because its modestly more usable than IRC.
- st3v3r 11y agoAnd don't dismiss your non-technical users out of hand like that. It's elitist, and it sends precisely the wrong message.
- wcummings 11y agoI'm not dismissing non-technical users, I'm acknowledging that plenty of them seem to use IRC just fine, contrary to what people are saying itt. The barrier isn't skill or knowledge, it's investing a small amount of time in figuring out IRC. Anyone can do it, there's loads of resources about setting up IRC expressly written for a non-technical audience (which you can provide to new contributors).
- st3v3r 11y ago"I'm not dismissing non-technical users" Yes, you are. You may think you're not, but you are