Re: GNU Guile community in google+

[zx spectrumgomas]

> *** I just subscribed to this list a couple of days ago, with the hope I
> can find some time to learn Guile. I find this initiative interestingly
> clueless.

I've been following the list of guile about a year. If you had
followed it  I assure you that you would not see so clueless. (from
the viewpoint of a newbie)


> Seeking to attract a mass of users may seem like "a good thing" (TM),
> but really, what you want to do is produce your contents on a site that
> won't even *try* to spy on their users. If you produce your contents on
> G+, many Guile users simply won't benefit from them. One could argue
> that people not knowing Guile may come to know it and use it from that
> initiative, but in the end, it will only deflect people from the
> official community channels, and be harmful.

I think you're overestimating a google+ account for newbies: if what
you say happened, GNU Guile's official forums already had a problem
before Google+ account.