Telegram chat program - and so much more
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@scottalanmiller said:
Anyone with a Chromebook handy to test how it works there?
The Chrome app works well, but I haven't tried the web interface.
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Haha, anyone noticed how quiet it is in here since everyone is on Telegram?
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@johnhooks said:
Haha, anyone noticed how quiet it is in here since everyone is on Telegram?
Yeah, that's a concern. It can rapidly do real damage the community in many says having a channel like this. It is the same as having a private group with is downright evil. And it puts the technical knowledge where it can't be seen. It's generally bad all around.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
Haha, anyone noticed how quiet it is in here since everyone is on Telegram?
Yeah, that's a concern. It can rapidly do real damage the community in many says having a channel like this. It is the same as having a private group with is downright evil. And it puts the technical knowledge where it can't be seen. It's generally bad all around.
Ya the private chat replacement for on here is good, but the community replacement isn't.
It's nice because you can have attachments with your personal chats, and a longer history.
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@johnhooks said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
Haha, anyone noticed how quiet it is in here since everyone is on Telegram?
Yeah, that's a concern. It can rapidly do real damage the community in many says having a channel like this. It is the same as having a private group with is downright evil. And it puts the technical knowledge where it can't be seen. It's generally bad all around.
Ya the private chat replacement for on here is good, but the community replacement isn't.
It's nice because you can have attachments with your personal chats, and a longer history.
Yeah, we need to intentionally limit the use of the chat as much as possible. It's very distracting, too.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Yeah, we need to intentionally limit the use of the chat as much as possible. It's very distracting, too.
Jeeze, definitely, some guy with glasses and a smug look keeps messaging me
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i agree that questions and such need to be here, but there's a lot of just chatter that is better served on the chat channel, written one and forgotten.. but it's a fine line that's for sure.
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@Dashrender said:
there's a lot of just chatter that is better served on the chat channel, written one and forgotten..
Such as the what are you doing right now topic...
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@anonymous said:
That link does weird things here. Does that take you to the existing ML group?
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@anonymous said:
@Dashrender said:
there's a lot of just chatter that is better served on the chat channel, written one and forgotten..
Such as the what are you doing right now topic...
Why is that better in the chat than on the thread?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@anonymous said:
@Dashrender said:
there's a lot of just chatter that is better served on the chat channel, written one and forgotten..
Such as the what are you doing right now topic...
Why is that better in the chat than on the thread?
Not only that, but good and useful conversation also gets lost in chats too all the time. It's better to filter out the bad than to lose all the good forever.
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@tonyshowoff said:
Not only that, but good and useful conversation also gets lost in chats too all the time. It's better to filter out the bad than to lose all the good forever.
Yup, already tons of good technical information and discussion lost because of just messing around with it for one day. Telegram is a neat platform but it is 100% clear why a technical community should not have a channel like IRC or such for offline chatting. It also runs the risk of become the private groups that we are totally opposed to. It will almost instantly become a place to talk about people that are not around, it's just the nature of a limited chat.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@anonymous said:
That link does weird things here. Does that take you to the existing ML group?
No, it takes you to the MangoLassi channel. Groups are for private chats. Channels are open to the public.
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@anonymous said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@anonymous said:
That link does weird things here. Does that take you to the existing ML group?
No, it takes you to the MangoLassi channel. Groups are for private chats. Channels are open to the public.
Interesting, their instructions steered us clearly away from the channel option. They need to work on documentation.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@anonymous said:
@Dashrender said:
there's a lot of just chatter that is better served on the chat channel, written one and forgotten..
Such as the what are you doing right now topic...
Why is that better in the chat than on the thread?
It's so long it's hard to load. It's not technical in nature for the most part. And no one cares that you ate a slice of pizza three years ago.
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@anonymous said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@anonymous said:
@Dashrender said:
there's a lot of just chatter that is better served on the chat channel, written one and forgotten..
Such as the what are you doing right now topic...
Why is that better in the chat than on the thread?
It's so long it's hard to load. It's not technical in nature for the most part. And no one cares that you ate a slice of pizza three years ago.
Loads instantly here, are you not paginating?
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The "what are you doing now" thread exists for an important purpose, to keep there from being multiple places for the same people to communicate. It's specifically for the purpose of preventing other channels popping up and people having to be all over the place. That it is not "necessary" isn't the issue. It's that it is consistent is what it is about.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@anonymous said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@anonymous said:
@Dashrender said:
there's a lot of just chatter that is better served on the chat channel, written one and forgotten..
Such as the what are you doing right now topic...
Why is that better in the chat than on the thread?
It's so long it's hard to load. It's not technical in nature for the most part. And no one cares that you ate a slice of pizza three years ago.
Loads instantly here, are you not paginating?
I use infinite scroll and I have no real problems with those threads.
super tall pictures occasionally give issue on iOS,
