Re: [Caml-list] how to encourage adoption of OCaml?

[SP <sp@orbitalfox.com>]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 09:16:09AM -0600, Duane Johnson wrote:
>- my first impression of OCaml community was through reddit.com/r/ocaml. [..]
>- next, I tried to find a google group. [..]
>- signing up for a mailing list is slow and unrewarding. I'd much rather
>sign up for a more modern community technology like reddit, facebook,
>slack, or google groups.

Those are very noisy environments and rather unpractical mediums. I use
reddit to kill time not be productive. Sure exposure there might pull
more wondering people. I get the impression that is hardly on anyone's
top list here.

>- I looked for a chat community, and IRC is the only option. This signals
>"old tech community" to me. Slack or gitter.im is a more inclusive, modern
>community. In order to participate in IRC, one must always be connected.

Understood and appreciated. But the merrits of IRC and the mailing list
are still there. Give them some time to see them. Less glitter, but more
distributed and more accessible for people taking this seriously. Slack
and Gitter are proprietary systems... Just sharing with you the
perspective from the other side. Look past the chrome.

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    SP