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> My experience with these communities is that they are very close to non-functional I had really good luck with the Elixir Slack channel when I was first star
by amorphid 8y ago
> My experience with these communities is that they are very close to non-functional
I had really good luck with the Elixir Slack channel when I was first starting out with the language. I guess I'd say Slack can be a great newb friendly place to ask dumb questions. There were plenty of times I didn't know what to Google, because I didn't understand a basic concept, and I couldn't figure out how ask a clear question on StackOverflow. When you're in newb territory, having a Slack channel full of helpful people is nice.
- Hoasi 8y ago> When you're in newb territory, having a Slack channel full of helpful people is nice. Exactly my experience as well. In those cases, Slack is just like an old school IRC channel with a shinier interface.
- seba_dos1 8y agoYou both missed the point, which is - for such use cases, Slack is even worse than an old school IRC.
- Hoasi 8y agoWell, in those cases you go where the community is. Maybe one is better than the other, but my personal preference doesn't matter here. I would still use one or the other, regardless. If something better comes along, you should use it.
- agf 8y agoI don't disagree with this at all -- but the value there has very little to do with the tool, Slack. An IRC channel is at least as functional. It's been years since I used Stack Overflow chat, but I always felt if it had been a bit better, it would have been the tool for groups like this. A missed opportunity, given that Stack Exchange is committed to making all of the information on their sites freely available forever, and Slack definitely is not.