On 7/29/13 8:12 PM, Jeremy Baron wrote:
I think IRC's not too scary if there's an appointed meeting time with people that are guaranteed to be friendly and helpful and there's only one channel to have to pay attention to. It's easy to make a webchat link with the fields all pre-filled (e.g. with the channel name. or even IRC nick)
IRC is not scary for you, but it is a significant barrier to anyone who doesn't already know it. So, no, I personally will not be organizing any "meetings" on IRC. YMMV.
kc
Unfortunately, Google, being now a key player in the military-industrial-surveillance community is something I would not recommend for anyone to join, although current members may wish to meet on a hangout. It works well for small numbers, but I have never tried to push it beyond 3-4 participants.
I guess you mean recent NSA shenanigans? I'm still expecting/eager to hear more details (e.g. the details Google and others have requested that they be allowed to release) but I think that news doesn't change much. You should have (IMHO) already been nearly as concerned about Google 3 months ago as you are today.
I've seen hangouts with dozens of people first hand (and I think at least 8 active speakers?). I personally think being open to a substantial number of passive viewers is more important than not using Google for anything. (but I'm not even sure what the subject is... if it's really just an editathon/workshop that's different than a meeting to plan or organize something)
I'm not sure what kind of discussion relating to Wikipedia would be appropriate for an online meetup, but maybe others have an idea.
I'm not sure either and I like in-person meetings. I was just responding to the earlier suggestion for online meetings. But not my region so I'll try to stick mostly to the sidelines.
-Jeremy
P.S. I don't ever hangout (and already wasn't 3 months ago) from the same Google account I use for anything else. and sometimes I even make a brand new Google account from scratch for a particular hangout and then never uses that account again. I think I've only been an active participant in ~3-4 hangouts ever but I've passively viewed the livestream of a hangout on air for other hangouts.
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