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This is an initiative to explore and experiment with different services as an alternative to IRC for instant messaging.

The main idea is to do a deep research before consider any change proposal, I think we should only consider full free software options, options like slack or telegram should not be considered here.

The problem

The GNOME community uses a lot the instant messaging but we're using the IRC right now as the official channel to get in touch with the community and bring discussions or help.

The IRC is being useful and there are a lot of communities using it for a long time but there are a lot of new applications and services that are trying to replace the IRC for team communications with a modern interface and new features.

The mobility is also a key feature needed today. Nowadays almost everyone is connected 24x7 with the mobile phone and there's a new need that's that the instant messaging should be something to do and follow on the go, today it's a need that there's a good mobile client to follow discussions and to be able to participate using a tablet or a phone with a 3G connection.

The spambots is another big problem nowadays, lots of IRC channels now requires authentication to avoid spam and this is like an ad/hoc solution for that. New platforms allow a better control of users and this can help with the spam problem.

Possible solutions

See also: https://wiki.gnome.org/action/edit/Initiatives/CommunicationInfrastructure

Server Deployment options

Comments

add your comment here, If you are trying any of the proposed solutions and have encountered any issues or missing features, please list them here. Please include your name next to each comment.


2024-10-23 11:17