Agreed. Unfortunately, there's yet another possible use for IRC -- coordinating site governance and management. The problem is, of course, that IRC is pretty much custom-designed for poor communication, as the current soap opera illustrates. So, not only are these issues being handled (somewhat) out of public view, but they're being handled badly and hurriedly, because IRC also generates a false sense of urgency.
> IRC is pretty much custom-designed for poor communication, as the current soap opera illustrates.
This is *absolute* nonsense. The IRC was *totally invaluable* for the resolution of that problem. Without it, resolving the issue would have taken an order of magnitude longer. Those who could contribute something were glued to the screens, those who knew they had nothing to offer at that precise moment *shut up*. Suggestions came thick and fast; confirmations, rebuttals, and "interesting - I'll go grep" likewise. I know of no other medium which would have been so effective.
> issues being handled (somewhat) out of public view
If you think we should be discussing things like settings from files in/etc/ *in public*, and logs in/var/log/ then you're *mad*.
-1 Talking out of arse for parent, please.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by akinliat on Wednesday March 12 2014, @01:15AM
Agreed. Unfortunately, there's yet another possible use for IRC -- coordinating site governance and management. The problem is, of course, that IRC is pretty much custom-designed for poor communication, as the current soap opera illustrates. So, not only are these issues being handled (somewhat) out of public view, but they're being handled badly and hurriedly, because IRC also generates a false sense of urgency.
It's basically Twitter before there was Twitter.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday March 12 2014, @09:08AM
This is *absolute* nonsense. The IRC was *totally invaluable* for the resolution of that problem. Without it, resolving the issue would have taken an order of magnitude longer. Those who could contribute something were glued to the screens, those who knew they had nothing to offer at that precise moment *shut up*. Suggestions came thick and fast; confirmations, rebuttals, and "interesting - I'll go grep" likewise. I know of no other medium which would have been so effective.
> issues being handled (somewhat) out of public view
If you think we should be discussing things like settings from files in
-1 Talking out of arse for parent, please.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves