Hi Emily, On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM 'Emily Shaffer' via git-mentoring <git-mentoring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Because it's not possible for us to push back on these takedowns, I > think it's time for us to seek an alternative and shut down the Google > Groups list. > > Dscho proposed shutting down the Google Groups and having people ask > in the Discord chat instead. I think it's reasonable; we've had a few > newbies asking for contribution advice there and they get answers just > as quickly, and we get a bit more moderation control. Discord is still > not scrapable by web crawlers (which is one thing that was appealing > to us about a closed Google Group). It does require account creation > to post, but of course we still have git@vger, which does not; this > mentoring-specific channel/list is supposed to just be an alternative > for the especially shy. > > Thoughts? Alternate suggestions? I'd also be happy to host a list with > some other service, but I don't have any personal experience on which > services are good to use or not. I agree with shutting down the Google Groups and suggesting people ask on either Discord chat or the #git-devel IRC Channel or the Git mailing list. Thanks.
