[tor-project] How to help people on weekends?

[Carolin Zöbelein]

Hi,

is this whole thing still a topic?
If I can help in some way, I will help ;).

Bye,
Carolin



Am Sonntag, den 13.08.2017, 21:18 +0200 schrieb Carolin Zöbelein:
> Hi,
> 
> > FWIW, #tor seems to slow down way on the weekends, even when left
> > -R.
> > That doesn't mean we should ignore the people that _do_ show up on
> > the
> > weekends, however.
> > 
> > If we want a bot to do something, I'd be willing to write and/or
> > run
> > it.
> > pastly_bot is going to need some more features anyway if we're
> > going
> > to
> > keep #tor -R more than we already do.
> > 
> > Also, don't let me unnecessarily turn into an IRC thread ;) Roger
> > mentioned the mailing lists and blog comments too.
> > 
> 
> as one of the volunteers who is also hanging around on irc during
> this
> mentioned times, I made the following experiences:
> 
> - at weekends, in generally, there is nearly zero traffic. Both tor
> people and others.
> - but during the week, the most tor people are present during
> American
> daytime, but within the other times not.
> => That's not nice.
> 
> I already have had several times the situation that somebody appeared
> on irc, looking for tor people, no developer was around, so I "jumped
> in" and said "hello". :)
> 
> Although I couldn't help much they seemed to be very happy that they
> received a reaction by an human and not only a bot.
> => So, I understand if nobody wants/or can do this every weekend and
> maybe a bot would be an easier solution, but people are really
> thankfully if they get some attention from a human and not only a
> machine. We should cultivate our tor friends by giving them the
> attention which they earn. ;)
> 
> Bye,
> Carolin
> 

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