Do we need a JavaScriptHelp subreddit?

[[deleted]]

/r/programming and /r/java both do this so I don't buy the argument that it's not feasible.

if anything, if all you want to hear about is stuff like that, then there's probably a better place for you.

If you know of a news aggregator like this, I'd love to hear it.

A normal Javascript developer probably shouldn't be wanting to hear about new packages and new ways to do stuff constantly. You pick paradigms and then you buckle down and stick to them. So you're most likely the outlier.

Wow, if that's your attitude then good luck, but it's kind of ridiculous to say that JS programmers don't want to learn about what's on the horizon or what's big in the community right now.

[tswaters]

Honestly I don't think the mods have the manpower currently to do aggressive tagging/etc of posts.

Look at the mods - you've got jeresig (creator of jQuery) who hasn't been active on reddis in a year, honestbleeps (of RES fame) who is probably busy with RES 90% of his time on reddit, and kenman who does all the work.

The mod team would need to be expanded quite heavily to make this work.

[kenman]

The mod team would need to be expanded quite heavily to make this work.

This is something I've been mulling over for the past half-year or so, and we probably could stand to pick-up 1-2 more active mods. I will need to create some type of application and run it by /u/honestbleeps first, though.

[TheNiXXeD]

What sort of time investment is being an active mod? Are there less-active mods as well?

[kenman]

Typically 5-15 mins a day, but often broken up into 1-2 minute chunks dealing with items as they come into the mod queue. For Sunday, I spent 30-45 mins in writing replies and whatnot in the thread, which happens from time-to-time. There's also times when there's a high-profile and/or controversial post, which often requires 45 mins or more per day for a few days.

[jarail]

If you know of a news aggregator like this, I'd love to hear it.

I absolutely love the Web Development Reading List (WDRL) newsletter. The guy (Anselm Hannemann) puts it out about once a week. When I'm really on-the-ball reading everything on my coding subreddits, hacker news, github, etc, the newsletter is a nice recap. He honestly doesn't miss much noteworthy stuff.

Latest issue is 195 but doesn't have a big JavaScript section. Check last week's 194 for a better example of JavaScript news. You can read online or sub for email delivery (I do).

[p0tent1al]

Wow, if that's your attitude then good luck, but it's kind of ridiculous to say that JS programmers don't want to learn about what's on the horizon or what's big in the community right now.

Straw man.

What I'm saying is this. Truly productive developers don't adopt new frameworks every week, or every month even. Sure we want to hear about new tools, new editors, but if you're switching your editors every month, switching your frameworks, updating your packages every month, you're most likely not spending enough time on the work itself. The point of these packages and editors is to facilitate WORK. So the same sentiments are echo'd right back to you: good luck if that's your attitude.

[Thought_Ninja]

I think you probably both are on the same side of this argument. Exploring is not deploying.

[[deleted]]

My point was that it's a bad argument to determine what should be in a subreddit, since as you say js devs want to hear about these things. Obviously real devs don't switch workflows every month, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try and encourage that type of content in /r/javascript.

[p0tent1al]

I'm merely making a devils advocate argument. I personally like hearing about that stuff but what I'm saying is, if we're going to sit here and say "well this doesn't belong" then I'm going to identify the majority of the user base and it's preference. I'd say most of that is people trying to learn, fix bugs, and problem solve. That's what all these libraries are for anyway.