Say you want to contribute to a project and find out the only way to do so is by discussing the issue on IRC or the mailing list, then submitting the patch per email.

  • snowe@programming.devM
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    1 year ago

    I spent a lot of time and energy doing that years ago and don't want to do it anymore. Mailing lists suck because you're subscribed to a billion things you don't want to hear about. IRC...honestly...the world has just moved past it.

    • 4am@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I’m sad the world moved past IRC. It was always chock full of tech geniuses and underground nerd shit. The normies can have discord

    • onlinepersona@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      This is my sentiment too and I asked the question because I was surprised that some new projects were actually being started with exactly these 2 dinosaurs. It felt offputting - as if they were trying to keep people away.

      Lemmy doesn't support questionnaires, but it wouldn't surprise me if the majority of those who like those 2 technologies were 40+, maybe even 50+.