Django IRC Channels Migration to Libera.Chat
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Django IRC Channels Migration to Libera.Chat
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#2I wonder if this is a side effect of the downmodding of "drama filled topics". When something has enough attention and enough angles, people miss the downmodded topic and end up posting related dupes.
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#3This was a very helpful channel for Django discussion on freenode.
I found it surprisingly active and welcoming compared with than other frameworks’ channels.
Def worth lurking / offering help if you are on the Django train.
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#4As there's many threads relating to the controversy surrounding Freenode, I guess everything about it has been already said.
It's sad to see it crash and burn this way. I have fond memories of freenode, and especially the #django-dev channel. Before Discord or Slack existed, I remember as a relative newcomer to web development frameworks, it was an invaluable resource to me. This was a time when I think Django 0.96 was being prepared for release.
I always got some help for my newbie questions and especially the core contributors were both tremendously helpful and exceptionally polite and friendly towards me every single time.
I haven't used Django in years, not because the framework isn't good, but because my career just took a turn elsewhere. The fundamental attitude and professionalism of the Django community was rock solid and from what I hear nothing has changed.
Here's to memories of Freenode and for the bright future of Django and Libera!
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#5I wonder if anyone has preserved the logs from their channels on Freenode.
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#6If we post every projects migration post hn is going to be tedious for quite a while
Re: Django IRC Channels Migration to Libera.Chat
#7As there's many threads relating to the controversy surrounding Freenode, I guess everything about it has been already said. It's sad to see it crash and burn this way. I have fond memories of freenode, and especially the #django-dev channel. Before Discord or Slack existed, I remember as a relative newcomer to web development frameworks, it was an invaluable resource to me. This was a time when I think Django 0.96 w…
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Re: Django IRC Channels Migration to Libera.Chat
#8I wonder if this is a side effect of the downmodding of "drama filled topics". When something has enough attention and enough angles, people miss the downmodded topic and end up posting related dupes.
People labeling issues as "drama" way become a convenient way to disengage from important discussions. Unless, of course, it happens to them, then suddenly it's not drama but something the entire world needs to pay attention to.
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#9As there's many threads relating to the controversy surrounding Freenode, I guess everything about it has been already said. It's sad to see it crash and burn this way. I have fond memories of freenode, and especially the #django-dev channel. Before Discord or Slack existed, I remember as a relative newcomer to web development frameworks, it was an invaluable resource to me. This was a time when I think Django 0.96 w…
I rarely comment on HN, but I'm happy to come out of the woodwork to second this!
Django was my first exposure to Web development also around the 0.96 days. I couldn't have found my way into what has become a career without the friendly folks in the Django channels. What an incredible resource for newcomers.
I remember pasting full dumps of my models.py files into djangosnippets.org with vague descriptions of problems I was having, and folks I had never met before patiently sorted through possible solutions with me. Sometimes they'd nudge me away from an approach or suggest an alternative framing but they never judged me for what was probably pretty ridiculous code, considering I had no idea what I was doing.
Thanks to all the folks involved!
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#10If we post every projects migration post hn is going to be tedious for quite a while
If we just let HN take its course, few will upvote these subsidiary posts, and they will slide off the front page very quickly. Or never make it to the front pages at all. I don't see a reason for downmodding or flagging something of direct interest to the HN community.
For example, this post is #77 on the third page after an hour - most people won't see it at this point. And, I was interested to see that Django had moved.