Hi Yann,
There are many reasons to not use Discord. Centralizing all public
communication with Discord and a login session is mainly for marketing
and advertising purposes. While using Google Groups may have a similar
situation, email remains more reliable because it is closer to a
peer-to-peer architecture. Other reasons provided elsewhere are
accessibility (e.g., vision impaired access) which is better with
email. Having public transparency with persistent communication is best
with email. I haven't yet seen a good comprehensive list of problems
with Discord but perhaps that content may grow as programming language
communities get confronted with Discord more (i.e., their mailing-list
mode is not a solution).
One list of problems is provided at
https://sneak.berlin/20200220/discord-is-not-an-acceptable-choice-for-free-software-projects/
Best Regards,
Michael
On 1/26/22 9:33 AM, Yann Le Du wrote:
Hello,
I tried the irc channel mentioned on the ATS website, but there was
nobody there.
I already mentioned the idea of creating such a channel on Discord,
with which I have excellent experience (as long as you do not
sidetrack too much on the personal side...), but that was buried under
a pile of other questions...
So would anyone else here also see a benefit in such a discussion
channel ? I personally think it would help build the community and
spread the word.
If that proposal was found to be interesting for a large enough number
of people, there would have to be a administrator of the channel, and
of course that cannot be me except if I create an unofficial one,
clearly marked as such, and in which I would put a big disclaimer :
"created by a total noob, participate at your own risk".
Of course, having Hongwei create it is the only meaningful option, but
perhaps that would be too much of a hassle ?
Let me add that this channel could be an invite-only one, which would
thus avoid the problem of having to deal with trolls and advertisers.
If that could be of any help :
https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/204849977-How-do-I-create-a-server-
/Trivia/ : By the way did you know that "a type" in french, apart from
the semantics that befits ATS, also means "a guy" ? So the right
translation into French of ATS is "Système de typage avancé" where,
apart from the total reversal of the letters, you might notice the use
of the word "typage" instead of "type", otherwise the meaning would
completely change.
Yann
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