[Biopython] How many of you are on Slack?

[Peter Cock]

My goal is both reduce OBF maintenance, and better connect with the
Biopython community - it seems this mailing list is  sub-optimal on
both front.

As to consolidation/relocation, I was thinking blog (read only
announcements),  free-tier Slack (real-time interactions including
user support), and Github (dev support and discussions). But maybe
with the slow decline in news reader popularity (I personally have
used Feedly ever since Google Reader was dropped), you're right and
there is still a role for some kind of email based announcements list?

(Note that some of the smaller non-public OBF mailing lists have for
some time forwarded to private Google Groups; your suggestion would
not be such a big upheaval)

Peter

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 3:27 PM João Rodrigues
<j.p.g.l.m.rodrigues at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I understand your points.
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> If the purpose is to reduce the load on OBF to maintain and host all these things, what about creating a single mailing list on google groups (free, archived, easy to use) and use that for announcements and an initial point of contact? You could then combine google group (announcements), free-tier Slack (real-time user support), and Github (dev support) and cover pretty much all corners with remote hosted tools that archive the most important conversations.
>
> Never used Gitter or other chat platforms.