KDE-Soc Telegram group

[Alexander Semke]

Am Donnerstag, 3. März 2016, 16:00:27 schrieb Valorie Zimmerman:
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:45 PM, Alexander Semke <alexander.semke at web.de> 
wrote:
> > Am Samstag, 20. Februar 2016, 02:20:00 schrieb Valorie Zimmerman:
> >> Hi folks, during GCi I noticed how much the Wikitolearn team and
> >> students enjoyed and used their Telegram channels.
> > 
> > Just out of pure interest, why Telegram and not Slack? I think Slack is
> > also quite popular nowadays...
> > 
> > --
> > Alexander
> 
> I talked one of our Kubuntu guys into creating a Kub. Slack team. It
> was pretty slick, but it felt rather icky to be using something so
> closed-source and unfree. The Telegram channels work, especially for
> students, which is why I make a KDE-Soc channel. In particular, the
> Wikitolearn teams make huge use of their groups and channels, and have
> fun with it as well as get work done.
> 
> If your team wants to expand their reach beyond email, IRC and the KDE
> Forums, experiment with Telegram. You may like it, and find it useful!
> If not, no problem.
Valorie, thanks for sharing this info. I see the benefits of such a tool and 
I'm looking into how to incorporate it into our development.

Looks like there're several very good open-source alternatives:
https://opensource.com/business/15/9/alternatives-slack-team-chat
http://about.jabbr.net/
https://zulip.org/
http://t3n.de/news/open-source-messenger-oneteam-584284/

Sure, those solutions needs to be (self-)hosted somewhere. But hey, KDE 
already hosts git, bugzilla, phabricator, etc. :-)


Regards,
Alexander