On Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 15:33 nch via agora-discussion < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/20/20 4:10 PM, Stefan Fjellander via agora-discussion wrote: > > (I rejoined discussions) > >> Sorry to see you going, but always happy to have you back if you choose. > >> Can I ask what you found most difficult/frustrating? > >> Difficult > > I must admit I don't really know how to vote, nor how CFJs work, and the > > discussion in general was over my head 90% of the time. I could probably > > have caught up in a few months? But that leads to my next point: > >> Frustrating > > So Many Emails So Little Time So Little Knowledge. Getting 20 to 50 > emails > > overnight, of which I understood very few, is a hassle to read, so I got > in > > the habit of just instantly deleting them without reading, which doesn't > > help me learn more nor makes me interact. (Email lists in general aren't > > really a thing I do well? I might have survived longer on say a Discord > > group or something, where there's lower barriers to asking stupider > > questions, but that has other downsides, and is just me having my > personal > > issues.) > > Speaking of which, I've been thinking of suggesting a Discord. I know > the downside to chat systems is that things aren't recorded in a way > that can be referenced long term, but it would certainly help people > overcome barriers like this one and in general ask quick clarifying > questions. > Alternatively, we do have an IRC chat which is already an official forum. Mayhaps if the Webmastor promoted this service, it could encourage us to congregate there to answer new players' questions. -- Trigon (I haven't figured out my signature on mobile yet.)
