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Ask HN: Open-source water cooler locations

11 points by armini ↗ HN
Hi HN, It seems like every open source community is managed in a different location or channel (e.g. slack, discord & subreddit). Are you able to share where you visit & which community it relates to?

I’d be happy to collate that list into a document for everyone: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14bNirWxNAU83VOSYedcXf_uuHD9D8TvUJJn2iLsOnyg/edit?usp=sharing

This is a great way for open source maintainers to find places to promote their projects & packages.

Sorry in advance if this is a duplicate request, please also let me know if such a list already exists.

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pabs3
None of the projects I visit use proprietary communications tools, they are all on IRC (OFTC/Libera) and or mailing lists.
armini
Is there a place people can sign up for the mailing list or find the IRC details?
pabs3
There are hundreds of projects like that. One example:

https://wiki.debian.org/IRC https://lists.debian.org/

armini
Do you find these mailing lists helpful or there’s more noise that requires you to filter out? I’m on a few & don’t seem to get much value from an open source maintainer perspective.
pabs3
The lists and IRC are where everything happens.
abrahms
Various foundations (CDF, CNCF, etc)
armini
Yeah good point, problem is how do small/upcoming maintainers promote their work or get noticed in those ecosystems?
shapefrog
Dropped in thinking the title was literal.

Stay hydrated.

armini
You’re right, I should have done a better title