I have added the links to the homepage and have a PR here: https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/pull/1449
Dave On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 6:08 AM Stephen Mallette <[email protected]> wrote: > fwiw, I've not had any problems with it. assuming there isn't a problem for > others, i'm inclined to say we move forward with it. > > dave, perhaps you could submit a PR (master branch) to update the website > to include a link to the channel? I'd add it to the Community navigation > menu dropdown here: > > > https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/blob/master/docs/site/home/template/header-footer.html > > and to the "Contributing to Apache TinkerPop" section on item 1 of the home > page ("Join the Gremlin-Users public mailing list and Discord"): > > https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/blob/master/docs/site/home/index.html > > There might be other places too but those immediately came to mind. > > Perhaps for a while it could also be added to the home page (index.html) > somewhere? a small banner at the top (below the navigation) of some sort to > call attention to it? If we can get that PR merged in the next week that > will allow the change to publish when florian completes the release. > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 7:06 PM Joshua Shinavier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > That's the one I keep using! Shrug. If no-one else is having the same > > problem, then maybe it isn't much of a problem. > > > > Josh > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 4:03 PM David Bechberger <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I thought that had been fixed with the new link ( > > > https://discord.gg/ndMpKZcBEE) as the first link I sent allows you to > > > "Preview" which causes the behavior you mentioned. > > > > > > Josh, is the link above the one you are using when you see the issue? > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 2:08 PM Joshua Shinavier <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Maybe I'm the only one, but every time I open up Discord after a few > > > days, > > > > I no longer see the Gremlin Icon for the Apache TinkerPop server, and > > > have > > > > to find and click your invite link all over again. Discord then > > > "welcomes" > > > > me into the #general channel. Might just be my inexperience with > > > Discord; I > > > > haven't used it yet for anything else. > > > > > > > > Josh > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 1:39 PM David Bechberger < > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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? > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
