Hi Michael, Thanks for sharing what I believe is a well founded concern. I think the easy solution is to use a bot that relays messages between Discord and IRC :
https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge I happen to be on some channels that use that solution, and it works nicely : messages arising from such a relay are marked "bot" but keep their pseudo, so it is really seamless. That would perhaps solve the privacy problem (identity of users) though not the content, but I don't think that would be a problem given we would talk about ATS, would it ? That means reactivating the irc channel, and then have a go for it. Would you find that an acceptable solution ? On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 8:59:47 PM UTC+1 mjt...@gmail.com wrote: > 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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ats-lang-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ats-lang-user...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ats-lang-users/4e6c4e6f-0d24-4f63-8173-0e5577738485n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ats-lang-users/4e6c4e6f-0d24-4f63-8173-0e5577738485n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ats-lang-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ats-lang-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ats-lang-users/22cfda54-f7d4-4e12-b624-7446457959a9n%40googlegroups.com.
