From: James Britt Date: 2008-06-20T07:54:39+09:00 Subject: Re: [ANN] ruby-community-announcements Mailing List Gregory Brown wrote: > Hi folks, > > As an experiment, I created a Google Group dedicated specifically to > Ruby Community Announcements: > > http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-community-announcements > > What is a Ruby community announcement? In my mind, it's notice of a > new release, a new book on Ruby, some new service available for > Rubyists, and other things of the like. It doesn't necessarily need > to be non-commercial, but it should be 'of community interest'. If > you move your blog or start a new one, posting a link would be a > community announcement. If you post a link to every blog post you > write, you're probably just being annoying. > > I realized that ever since I stopped regularly reading RubyTalk, I've > been missing out on the many great announcements here. I guess I have > found myself still deeply interested in what everyone is 'doing' even > if I can't keep track of what everyone is saying now that the volume > is so high. > chris2 created an RSS feed that only server up r-t items that contain 'ann' in the title. I use that to catch things I miss in my scan of r-t topics. > If you like this idea, please sign up. If you don't like this idea, > just don't sign up. I know this is a sensitive issue for some and if > this new group never takes off, I don't mind. I'm also not > suggesting that people use this as the *only* place for their > announcements, I'll still be sure to announce major releases and stuff > on RubyTalk, and I think a lot of others will want to, too. > The issue for me is that there is no Ruby commons where everyone can intermingle. Instead, we have a collection of specialized lists, blog cliques, twitter flocks, #irc channels, and so on. There is (or will be) no Ruby community, just assorted Ruby tribes. I understand people have issues with the volume of posts and the signal/noise ratio, but if more and more people, especially "old timers", keep ignoring ruby-talk, there's no guidance for people just joining in. -- James Britt www.happycamperstudios.com - Wicked Cool Coding www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys www.ruby-doc.org - Ruby Help & Documentation www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff