Freenode Group Registration

[Luke Schierer]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 02:19:58PM -0700, Ka-Hing Cheung wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 17:07 -0400, Luke Schierer wrote:
> > On a side node, we also have a jabber server set up (registration
> > closed) at pidgin.im, with a conference server at conference.pidgin.im
> > currently the only channel there is the devel at conference.pidgin.im
> > channel.  I prefer jabber's group chat to irc's.  Do we want to use that
> > as the main channel, or continue with irc?
> 
> Many people don't have jabber accounts, IRC is a better option for them
> because it doesn't require registration.
> 
> -khc

Many people have no clue what IRC is, but do have gmail accounts.  I
consider this at most a very weak objection.  If nothing else, it will
create exposure to jabber, and thus increase its use.  A good thing in
the long run.

luke