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 <spmalle...@gmail.com> 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 <d...@bechberger.com> > 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 <spmalle...@gmail.com> > > 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 <j...@fortytwo.net> > > > 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 < > d...@bechberger.com> > > > > 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? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
