On Fri, 2 Jul 2021, Lassi Kortela <xxxxxx@lassi.io> wrote:

>> I think that putting Reddit (also missed StackOverflow) into lists will
>> make
>> it hard to find for new users. I like dart comminity website because you
>> can
>> easily find where to get help. Scheme.org may look clean on home page but
>> for me with this hierarchy is way to complex and hard to find information.
>>
>> Also usenet group as a name it not very good idea. Google created Groups
>> that you can link and you don't need to understand how usenet works.

I do not use Google's version of Usenet, because I do not agree to
have Google snoop on me.

I use Usenet most days that I use the Internet.  I do not know much
about how Usenet works.  I admit that more people know how to use
Firefox than know how to use nn.

oo--JS.

>>
>> New users may not know what usenet is, if there are no link. You can add
>> link
>> to Google Groups. That allow to use usenet group. To give you perspective I
>> have no idea how usenet works I know only about Google Groups (I know that
>> Google get all the archives of usenet that he can find and in fact
>> resurrected
>> it):
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.scheme
>>
>> That for me is the only interface to usenet.
>
> Dart is a young language with only one implementation, so its community
> organization is much simpler than Scheme's. Scheme can never have only one
> community, but we can and should try to create an "umbrella community" above
> the others with scheme.org.
>
> How about a layout like this:
> https://misc.lassi.io/2021/scheme-community-rev-1.html
>
> - Added Stack Overflow.
>
> - Clarified how the comp.lang.scheme newsgroup is presented. (Added Google
> link and avoided the word "Usenet".)
>
> - The Forums section now mixes news, Reddit, mailing lists, Google Groups.
>
> - The Chat rooms section now mixes IRC, Discord, Gitter.
>
> We should link to the planet, wiki, and events from this page as well.
>
>