Re: Discord

Melvin,

there's a bit of banter[1] about the creative idea (initiative) that i
sought to provide, in good spirits; nonetheless, you are the chair,
you decide - i wanted to ensure it was entirely clear that i support
whatever it is you decide, whilst trying (without seeking harm to anyone)
to help...

TCH.

[1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rww/

On Sat, 22 May 2021 at 01:35, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
wrote:

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>
> On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 16:47, Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> wrote:
>
>> Quoting Timothy Holborn (2021-05-21 16:18:13)
>> > Whilst i'm not suggesting this is an 'official channel' or whatever, i
>> took
>> > some initiative and started: a RWW Discord Channel[1].
>> >
>> > There is an old slack group that i'm aware of, but haven't logged into
>> for
>> > a long time; and, there's also IRC and other related resources...  But i
>> > thought, discord - is fairly awesome...
>> >
>> > so,  i'll get your notifications if you join; and melvin (as chair) can
>> > help figure out who be deemed 'admin' (and related procedural stuff, as
>> to
>> > 'practice as we preach' or intend to) should it be found to have
>> usefulness
>> > as an idea...
>>
>> Discord is a walled garden.  Free software, yes, but not federated data.
>>
>> I will therefore *not* participate on Discord - in case that matters.
>>
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> Yes, it matters :)
>
>
>>
>> Not quite the same as discord, I know, but if there is a need for a chat
>> system where messages are tracked as threads and are searchable, then I
>> can recommend Matrix for that.
>>
>
> I've used and followed matrix for a while.  UX wise I found it was one I
> ended up logging in to less often
>
> I've never been quite sure what to make of their technology.  But you are
> a person I trust so that recommendation goes a long way :)
>
> Recently I read they are changing their network too, so might be something
> to evaluate again
>
> https://matrix.org/blog/2021/05/06/introducing-the-pinecone-overlay-network
>
> We still have IRC, tho it's not much used.  If there's an appetite for a
> group chat system, we could explore that.  I'd favour it being as inclusive
> as possible, over technical features.
>
>
>>
>>
>>  - Jonas
>>
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>>
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