[ADMIN] Additional moderator(s) sought for ubuntu-users list - clarifications

[Billie Walsh]

On 10/04/2011 11:46 AM, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> Billie Walsh wrote:
>
>> The hardest part of using IRC is following multiple conversations at
>> the same time.
>
> Yeah, in busy and unstructured channels. In a meeting, it's quite
> linear anyway, and in most channels people are polite enough to start
> their conversation after the current one has ended. Also, you
> quite easily address particular people in IRC.
>
>> Think of it as kind of following all the conversations on this list
>> all jumbled together into one long text string.
>>
>> Something like this:
>
> No, it's not at all like that because there's far fewer conversations
> at a time, each reply is shorter and replies to specific questions are
> directed at the asker, even outside of meetings.
>

You've obviously never been to some of the IRC chats I've been to.

In a structured, and rigidly controlled chat, such as a meeting, it can 
be very easy to follow. However, in an open chat, such as a support 
chat, it can be very hard to follow all the different conversations.

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