Telegram Group Idea
Hi All,
Yesterday in the #fedora-flock channel there was some conversation
around electronic messaging and Flock. I'm writing to summarize the
ideas and get some feedback:
A recent survey done by the hubs team found that the top 2 communication
tools used by respondents (community members) were IRC and Telegram.
Last year at Flock we used both and we found that there was a lot of
traffic on the Telegram channel and a moderate amount on the IRC
channel. I personally attribute this to the fact that most folks don't
have an IRC client on their phone.
The gut feeling from the group seems to be that we should continue to
use both methods during Flock.
Therefore, I believe we should bridge Telegram and IRC
Goal: Prevent the conversation from being Split
There are existing ways of bridging an IRC channel and a Telegram group.
This is currently done between #fedora-telegram on freenode and the
Fedora Telegram Group (https://t.me/fedora)
Proposal: If people like this idea, I will talk to whomever is running
the teledora bot and work to get it set up for #fedora-flock and the new
Flock 2017 Telegram group.
During the conversation I also mentioned an idea for having the Telegram
group require a FAS ID in order to join. This would allow us to prevent
harrassment like what happened last year by non-attendee
non-contributors showing up to cause problems during some sessions.
Unfortunately, the only way I can evision this happening requires a
telegram bot be able to add a person to the channel. The Telegram Bot
API does not include this call. Therefore a new bot would have to be
written that used the Human API. Modifying a bot like teledora is a
reasonable thing to do before Flock. However, writing a new bot before
Flock seems unlikely unless someone wants to really devote some effort
to this. Any takers? I can outline my ideas if you'd like.
regards,
bex