[Biopython] How many of you are on Slack?

[Philipp Schiffer]

Keybase works excellent even with large teams (e.g. ERGA initiative) and does not kill old messages like Slack, i.e. it is free.

Phil
On 28 Jun 2021, 19:02 +0200, Ivan Gregoretti <ivangreg at gmail.com>, wrote:
> Migrating to Google groups sounds very appealing to this Biopython reader.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ivan
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 11:00 AM João Rodrigues
> <j.p.g.l.m.rodrigues at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > My "issue" with having announcements in a blog or twitter or so (only) is that you have to make an active effort to read them as a user. I see your point with feeds (Feedly user here too) but it's an extra layer (in my opinion), and the more layers, the less involvement.
> >
> > An email is "passive": you subscribe and that's it, gets delivered to your inbox. It's also the lowest common denominator in terms of tech in the sense that everyone has/uses email.
> >
> > Migrating to a Google group should be simple too, you can (could at least) subscribe automatically all the members of the current list so that there's no action necessary on their end.
> >
> >
> > A segunda, 28/06/2021, 10:38, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> escreveu:
> > >
> > > 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:
> > > >
> > > > I understand your points.
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> >
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