IRC log

Sorry for not making the meeting everyone. I had an appointment earlier in the day and forgot about it. Many apologies. I'm not sure I would have added a great deal. I would say that I share SJC's concerns about social features aiding in some way some cabalistic behaviours; but I think they can be addressed by simply saying "all discussions will be public"... ie, new social features should NOT include any privacy. They should help people communicate more easily. Keep in touch with others but always be traceable.

I think I will now start drafting a recommendation (someone said in this chat that we may be ready for that now)... and, of course, I expect to be hardily argued against and re-edited, but it will be a good way of fighting things out and getting more discussion.

Thanks to Randomran for missing me :o)

Yeah, I don't necessarily think social features are dead on arrival. We can find a way to get the good, without the bad.

One thing you'll notice from the log... I pointed out that there are several solutions for community health. So maybe it would be good if we put our heads together and figured out the best four. (Or even the top five -- we may not know which recommendations are good or bad until we actually work on them a little.)

... I'm just thankful that the chat log doesn't show emoticons. LOL