Now that we have a month+ of using Discord I was wondering what people's thoughts were on opening membership up to the Gremlin-users list and including it on the website?
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 9:22 AM David Bechberger <[email protected]> wrote: > So one of the things I have seen so far is that the original link I sent > allowed users to "Preview" the server which allows you to see the channels > and post but as soon as you log off you are removed from the server. > Several people seem to have run into this so I have created a new link > below which does not allow this type of "Preview". > > https://discord.gg/ndMpKZcBEE > > Dave > > On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 12:05 PM David Bechberger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I agree, I think fewer channels is better to start with. If we get to a >> level where the activity level is high we can always add additional >> channels. >> >> >> On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 9:54 AM Stephen Mallette <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> thanks dave. I imagine the available channels are up for discussion. to >>> start, i'd think the fewer channels the better. should we already be >>> looking to peel off into different graph provider channels? >>> >>> On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 1:14 PM David Bechberger <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > I've gone ahead and set up a Discord instance for us to try. >>> > >>> > My thinking is that we can try this out internally for a week or two >>> and >>> > then, if we like it, we promote this to the larger community. >>> Thoughts? >>> > >>> > If you click on the link below it should allow anyone here to join: >>> > https://discord.gg/5a72PZgmdq >>> > >>> > >>> > On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 2:17 AM Stephen Mallette <[email protected] >>> > >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> > > We've not promoted Slack as a place for users (purposefully). I'd say >>> > it's >>> > > worth adding Discord and giving it a shot for the user community and >>> > > keeping slack for those few moments where we need to ping each other >>> for >>> > > dev related items that might need some quick back/forth interaction. >>> > > >>> > > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 9:14 PM Joshua Shinavier <[email protected]> >>> > > wrote: >>> > > >>> > > > I haven't used Discord much myself, but I don't see the down side >>> of >>> > > trying >>> > > > it out amongst ourselves, then inviting a few community members. >>> If the >>> > > > response is positive, announce it on gremlin-users. We already >>> have a >>> > > Slack >>> > > > workspace which is not much used, so in the worst case, now there >>> are >>> > > two. >>> > > > >>> > > > ^^ $0.02 >>> > > > >>> > > > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 4:53 PM David Bechberger < >>> [email protected]> >>> > > > wrote: >>> > > > >>> > > > > With the recent uptick in both StackOverflow posts and mailing >>> list >>> > > > posts, >>> > > > > it has got me thinking about ways to get more users engaged with >>> the >>> > > > > TinkerPop community. I was curious what people's thoughts were on >>> > > > starting >>> > > > > a Discord server? >>> > > > > >>> > > > > The pros I see here are: >>> > > > > >>> > > > > * The ability to interact with users directly >>> > > > > * The ability (through bots) to create a single location to >>> monitor >>> > for >>> > > > > questions >>> > > > > * The ability to have statistics on user engagement >>> > > > > * The ability to promote TinkerPop on internal/external discord >>> > server >>> > > > > lists >>> > > > > >>> > > > > The biggest con I can think of is that if there is not much >>> usage of >>> > > it, >>> > > > > then it would look like the project was not an active community. >>> > > > > >>> > > > > Thoughts? >>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > >>> >>
