[bitfolk] Re: Where's the Chat At?

On 2024-03-25 01:32+0000, Andy Smith via BitFolk Users wrote: I've been wondering the same, but about the internet in general. In the era before Stackoverflow, maillists were much more heavily used. After some time their use dropped and more was posted to Stackoverflow. That might have been favourable Google ranking, or maybe it was easier to index (a bit unlikely). Reddit seems to be high up the ranking these days. Is Google better at getting users their immediate answers, making IRC/Maillists or just non-Reddit less relevant? What happened to IRC stats graphs and similar? There's perhaps another (cynical) shift, OS problem solving is less of a trade now, and I mean that in the sense that a lot of consultants were spouting "pets vs cattle" (why spend time fixing things when redeploy is an option). It is misguided, but it is a trend. Given that's a trend, there's fewer people taking an interest in these areas, so their community numbers are also dropping. To answer where's the chat at? Perhaps people are chasing fast news on a few big sites. If this is the case, is r/bitfolk a sensible option? I don't think it's one that I'd like, and it was on the questionnaire either, but if that's where the people are, then is that going to reach more users in a more convenient way to them? I hate myself for mentioning it. -- Best regards, Ed http://www.s5h.net/