Privacy issues in Ubuntu's IRC channels and Launchpad

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I appreciate your support in this regard.

On 2013-09-26 21:14, Corey Quinn wrote:
> On Sep 26, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Tony Yarusso <tonyyarusso at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Since the IRC channels provide user support, and other people may
>> have
>> the same questions, it is in the community's best interests for
>> those
>> logs to be searchable, so more people can find the answers they
>> need.
>> We do however currently exclude the offtopic (non-support) channels
>> from logging altogether.
> 
> I strongly disagree with this; "irc logs" are about on a level with
> "Expert's Exchange" when it comes to finding solutions to problems;
> they're unstructured, unsearchable in any meaningful way, and
> generally not that useful for long term troubleshooting. The value of
> IRC is realtime discussion.
> 
> From the freenode guidelines:
> 
>> IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING PUBLISHING CHANNEL LOGS, THINK IT
>> THROUGH. The freenode network is an interactive environment. Even
>> on public channels, most users don't weigh their comments with the
>> idea that they'll be enshrined in perpetuity. For that reason, few
>> participants publish logs.
> 
> Generally we've found that public logging creates more problems than
> it solves; I've long felt that there was something "off" about
> Ubuntu's insistence on public logging.
> 
> --
> Corey Quinn
> freenode Network Staff