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everytime I see a project using google groups, i think it is already dead. Gladly yours seems to be used quite often. At least you can search it even years late

everytime I see a project using google groups, i think it is already dead. Gladly yours seems to be used quite often. At least you can search it even years later, compared to an irc or slack channel.

benhoyt 8y ago
Heh, not quite. Go (the programming language) uses Google Groups (golang-nuts and golang-dev), and it's very alive.
mb2100 8y ago
Aren't mailing lists even older than IRC? Anyway, whatever works, right?
neves 8y ago
IRC channels and mailing list are excellent for informal questioning about a project. You can search for guidance, see if a feature would be well received, and receive a green light before starting to implement something. Other day I thought about contributing to Yarn, the Javascript package manager, but the only way that I found to communicate with the developers were issues in GitHub. Since I didn't know if the feature I wanted would be well received, I just quit.
- dean177 8y ago
  That seems a little bit extreme, why not just open the issue?
  - y4mi 8y ago
    that issue becomes part of public history. i'm not the parent, but that is the main reason i try to abstain from posting on public forums unless its under a pseudonym, which my github account isn't. I'm not trying to say that my anonymity is guaranteed with irc, its just unlikely that future employers and similar link it to me.
    - reitanqild 8y ago
      Agree. That's probably one of tje reasons why HN is so interesting: Requiring everyone to sign in with full, verified name limits what people can talk about. In fact I'd almost recommend against commenting online on anything using your full name.
    - cerberusss 8y ago
      Have a look at Firefox Multi-Account Containers. You can open a tab that has a different color, and it uses a different cookie database. Very useful, because you can create an extra Github account and quickly switch between those accounts. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

everytime I see a project using google groups, i think it is already dead. Gladly yours seems to be used quite often. At least you can search it even years later, compared to an irc or slack channel.

benhoyt 8y ago

Heh, not quite. Go (the programming language) uses Google Groups (golang-nuts and golang-dev), and it's very alive.

mb2100 8y ago

Aren't mailing lists even older than IRC? Anyway, whatever works, right?

neves 8y ago

IRC channels and mailing list are excellent for informal questioning about a project. You can search for guidance, see if a feature would be well received, and receive a green light before starting to implement something. Other day I thought about contributing to Yarn, the Javascript package manager, but the only way that I found to communicate with the developers were issues in GitHub. Since I didn't know if the feature I wanted would be well received, I just quit.

dean177 8y ago
That seems a little bit extreme, why not just open the issue?
- y4mi 8y ago
  that issue becomes part of public history. i'm not the parent, but that is the main reason i try to abstain from posting on public forums unless its under a pseudonym, which my github account isn't. I'm not trying to say that my anonymity is guaranteed with irc, its just unlikely that future employers and similar link it to me.
  - reitanqild 8y ago
    Agree. That's probably one of tje reasons why HN is so interesting: Requiring everyone to sign in with full, verified name limits what people can talk about. In fact I'd almost recommend against commenting online on anything using your full name.
  - cerberusss 8y ago
    Have a look at Firefox Multi-Account Containers. You can open a tab that has a different color, and it uses a different cookie database. Very useful, because you can create an extra Github account and quickly switch between those accounts. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...