IRC log for #openknot, 2015-12-20

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Time	Nick	Message
16:27		philbot joined #openknot
16:27		Topic for #openknot is now https://github.com/openknot \| this channel is logged to http://irclog.greptilian.com/openknot/today
16:28		pdurbin joined #openknot
16:30	pdurbin	this sounds great: http://www.becomingadatascientist.com/2015/12/13/data-science-learning-club/
16:30	pdurbin	I listened to episode zero and added it to http://podcasts.greptilian.com
16:32	pdurbin	I'm looking forward to episode 1 and the first real exercise.
16:32	pdurbin	BUT
16:34	pdurbin	the way to participate is to create a one off account on an instance of MyBB
16:36	pdurbin	I'm not very interested in creating yet another username/password combination.
16:39	pdurbin	I guess if the instance of MyBB offered login via GitHub or Google I'd be more interested in signing up for an account. I found a "mod" for Google, at least: http://community.mybb.com/mods.php?action=view&pid=96
16:41	pdurbin	What's the OpenKnot perspective on all of this?
16:41	pdurbin	"OpenKnot is an attempt to build a service that will allow everyone to use their preferred user agents and paradigms to participate in communication communities" https://github.com/openknot/openknot
16:42	pdurbin	Hmm, I'm not sure what a "communication community" is. :)
16:46	pdurbin	The way I think of it is... there are communities out there. I like some of the communication platforms (logged freenode channel like this one, GitHub issues, Discourse with GitHub or Google login, etc.) and others not so much (Facebook, phpBB and the like).
16:47	pdurbin	It's a shame when I discover what seems to be a promising community but I'm turned off by the choice of communication platform.
16:49	pdurbin	In this case I'm not sure there's really anything OpenKnot can do, but please tell me if you disagree bear dotplus philbot sivoais
17:06	pdurbin	I just asked if that login via Google mod can be added to the MyBB instance: https://twitter.com/philipdurbin/status/678622119538900992
17:07	pdurbin	I assume she's pretty committed to MyBB. Looks like she bought a theme: https://twitter.com/BecomingDataSci/status/677912225361887232

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