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Interesting Twitter Searches:
- #womenwhocode #javascript - Uncountable Entries
- #womenwhocode #python - Uncountable Entries
- #womenwhocode #perl - NO ENTRIES
Ok, how about these:
- #codenewbie #javascript - Uncountable Entries
- #codenewbie #python - Uncountable Entries
- #codenewbie #perl - 2 Entries
Are we a support group for disenfranchised Perl developers or advocacy group for all developers? If we want people to join our community then we need to reach out and do some good in theirs.
Long-time Perl Developer. Casual hardware hacker. Father. Husband.
Perl developers tend to use IRC and Perlmonks more than Twitter.
Thanks for the comment, Mithaldu!
I'm not sure how to compare IRC, Perlmonks, and Twitter because they're so different from one another. I'm a Perl developer and I happen to follow some pretty influential Perl developers and organizations on Twitter. A search for #perl on Twitter returns uncountable results.
What I'm pointing out is that Perl doesn't get tweeted about in conjunction with important developer organizations. Python and JavaScript are tweeted about in conjunction with them. This suggests that these organizations are getting no active support from the Perl community. I'm working to change this.
Try your searches again.
One of the problems with having a legacy is that you get swamped by it. It's hard to get involved with each "new" social phenomenon that comes along and still give a reasonable amount of time to the traditional and current ones. At some point a reasonable gateway might be developed that can bridge the gap.
At one point there were a number of "bots" that mirrored messages between the various IRC networks of the day. Those have mostly died off due to the better curation of a few IRC networks over those that got eaten by the peter principle.
There was also a time before that when gateways were written that bridged between usenet news and IRC.
I look forward to the day when gateways between IRC and these other social networks are written by those who see such things as an itch that needs to be scratched.