Subject: [Jsonpath] Slack (again)

From: Greg Dennis <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:27:03 +0000 (UTC)

I'd like to bring up the use of Slack again.  It's a really good tool for building a community.
I encourage everyone to head over to the JSON Schema Slack (link available on http://json-schema.org/) and see how we use it there. We have over 2000 members participating in various capacities.  And it never seems too noisy.
It's mostly questions from users and discussion amongst implementors; stuff that doesn't need archiving.  We've also set up channels for
- Twitter mentions (scans Twitter for "JSON Schema")- Public places we see Schema being used (sometimes in ways we never considered)- StackOverflow questions (which our Slack already has)- GitHub updates (we also have this)- and a few channels where we can just chat and get along
I'm perfectly happy enforcing a policy that restricts discussion of specification topics, redirecting whomever to the mailing list or GitHub.  Sometimes it also helps to work out details in a more discussion-friendly environment, then post the results of the discussion to an archival process.
I also think we could use some other perspectives and a bit of diversity.
Building a community is how we gain support for what were trying to do, and to be honest, email isn't the mechanism that's going to build that community.
Greg