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
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
> 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
> > 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
> > > 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?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
