Hey guys, I've been toying with Nim for the last few weeks and found the community very helpful and welcoming :)
I'd like just to suggest and open up a discussion about how we can improve the discord server. Discord although has it issues around privacy has become the discourse platform of choice by many other programing languages. I believe it is worth giving some thought as it is one of the first community interfaces that a new nim users are going to use. If we have a look at the Rust and V-lang discord it is quite organized and has some structure could be implemented on the Nim discord server. **Rust** : [https://discord.gg/GrPHg4](https://discord.gg/GrPHg4) **V-lang** : [https://discord.gg/GKU9ug](https://discord.gg/GKU9ug) **The main structure of V-lang discord** * V * announcements * v-chat * bugs * ideas-and-suggestions * help * documentation * git-commits * V community * community * random-and-off-topic * showcase * jobs * vpm **The main structure of Rust programing** * General * rust-usage * beginners * contribute * Community team * content * events * community-team * website * rustbridge * marketing * Lang Team * Ops * Dev-tools- Team * Domain working groups * Documentation team * Editions As you can see each discord server has a strong structure. The Nim discord could greatly improve by implementing something like this. Suggested Nim structure * General * Rules * Announcements * General (IRC-BOT) * Off-topic * Showcase * Nim core * Issues and suggestions * Website * Documentation * Nimble * Voice channels * Main lobby * Second lobby It is also good to have a rank system that people can understand. I have found keeping rank simple prevents confusion. * Root - discord owner * Moderator - discord moderator * Site admin/mod - forum.nim-lang.org admin/moderator The _Rules_ channel would be a great addition as for example when I joined I didn't know that posting code into the chat would not render correctly and disrupt IRC users. The rules channel could also provide users with additional information for example telling users aboud [https://play.nim-lang.org](https://play.nim-lang.org)/ TLDR - add a little structure to the discord server to keep new users. I am aware that a lot of people use IRC and if the juice is not worth the squeeze just take this post as my two cents.
