I’m impressed with the difference in productive engagement Discord’s done for them. I feel other projects might break down in similar ways and realize they might be missing out. (It’s hard for me to say this as a long-time IRC user, but I also realize what way the wind blows…)
A big part of that comes from the fact that the SerenityOS Discord is extremely focused towards the development of SerenityOS and SerenityOS only. There is an off-topic channel, however even in there engaging in controversial topics like politics or religion is not permitted. The server is maintained as a place for development talk, and that’s how high productivity is achieved. It’s unlike any other Discord server in there.
Yeah, my experience moderating guilds has been mixed; one is just overrun with children and I’ve been tempted to write it off as a lost cause, the other is mostly focused on a specific topic and mostly remains focused; no worse than the average IRC channel though.
I am not surprised to hear they were inspired by a Zig discord — they tend to be extremely productive places, a surprisingly (to me) good fit for programming projects, concerns about open clients and such aside.
This was a very inspiring read. Quite happy to see how welcoming that community is and the personal skill growth Linus experienced while working with them.
I’m impressed with the difference in productive engagement Discord’s done for them. I feel other projects might break down in similar ways and realize they might be missing out. (It’s hard for me to say this as a long-time IRC user, but I also realize what way the wind blows…)
A big part of that comes from the fact that the SerenityOS Discord is extremely focused towards the development of SerenityOS and SerenityOS only. There is an off-topic channel, however even in there engaging in controversial topics like politics or religion is not permitted. The server is maintained as a place for development talk, and that’s how high productivity is achieved. It’s unlike any other Discord server in there.
Yeah, my experience moderating guilds has been mixed; one is just overrun with children and I’ve been tempted to write it off as a lost cause, the other is mostly focused on a specific topic and mostly remains focused; no worse than the average IRC channel though.
I am not surprised to hear they were inspired by a Zig discord — they tend to be extremely productive places, a surprisingly (to me) good fit for programming projects, concerns about open clients and such aside.
Cool read. Serenity is such an interesting and inspiring project to follow.
This was a very inspiring read. Quite happy to see how welcoming that community is and the personal skill growth Linus experienced while working with them.