Debian's Community on discord is back

[Narodnaya Volya]

Debian's Community on discord is back after it was nuked.
Feel free to join
https://discord.gg/debian

[sdibaja]

I can't figure out how to navigate discord.
the link above gets me into some weird loop.

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[donald]

While Debian celebrates Linux and communities, especially Debian Communities, the Discord link given is not an official Debian resource nor administered by Debian.

[Augie77]

Wants me to join before I see the contents...I backed out. Never was that fond of Discord type forums anyway.

[Uptorn]

I can't help but to feel that Mumble would be much more appropriate for a Debian community. Never would I use proprietary software to discuss Debian.

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It's like having Raytheon host a world peace conference. Yikes.

[Hetzer]

I can't help but to feel that Mumble would be much more appropriate for a Debian community. Never would I use proprietary software to discuss Debian.

If we can call it "software", heh
Nothing more but (yet another) heavy-weight ugly Electron one-service client that's bricked once their server is inaccessible. Putting aside what kind of "people" reside there

[Narodnaya Volya]

Wants me to join before I see the contents...I backed out. Never was that fond of Discord type forums anyway.

You are right, I'm pretty sure if someone from Debian team joined it would be very easy to give privileges.

[Narodnaya Volya]

I can't help but to feel that Mumble would be much more appropriate for a Debian community. Never would I use proprietary software to discuss Debian.


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It's like having Raytheon host a world peace conference. Yikes.

Wouldn't agree more. Sadly Element (matrjxt.org) failed to bring new people in. The bridges between irc was golden.

[SaarVoirVivre]

I can't help but to feel that Mumble would be much more appropriate for a Debian community. Never would I use proprietary software to discuss Debian.

Sounds interesting. Do you know of anyone running a Debian discussion on Mumble?
The Discord channel doesn't seem to work anyway.

[steve_v]

1* I just discovered that there's a Debian discord channel. Cool I guess, but does anyone really care?
2* Mumble might be a better solution, but:
3* What, in the name of all that is holy, is wrong with IRC anyway?

[lindi]

3* What, in the name of all that is holy, is wrong with IRC anyway?

IRC is like HTTP, it is just a building block. To really.compare discord to IRC you would need to define the network, channel and client applications used in the comparison. For example, if I join the pikvm discord I can see messages that were sent before I joined the discord or when I was offline, quite a major advantage.

[Aristocat]

I happen to be the owner of the new server. We definitely have been back for some time and do have a few actual developers in it, but I would like to say that we're also an unofficial venue and you should consult the IRC or Matrix communities if you want official communication with developers.

[donald]

@Aristocat Welcome!

[Aristocat]

@Aristocat Welcome!

Thank you! I'm glad to be here. I've lurked on and off this community for many years, although without a registered account.

[friendlysalmon88]

@Aristocat Welcome!

I'll second this and add that I believe that the wider number of ways to interact with others in the Debian community such as discord ,rumble ,mastodon ,etc,etc.

[wizard10000]

Joined a few days ago and am having my first discord adventure there

[eamanu]

I tried to use discord, I join to Debian channel/group/community (I'm not sure the name in discord) and TBH I couldn't adapt to the amount of information running there.

[wizard10000]

I tried to use discord, I join to Debian channel/group/community (I'm not sure the name in discord) and TBH I couldn't adapt to the amount of information running there.

Yeah, I'm a generation or two older than the average discord user and it's been quite the adventure just observing. I have been able to answer a couple of technical questions and for me it's been quite the social experiment just watching

[donald]

Joined a few days ago and am having my first discord adventure there

I tried to use discord, I join to Debian channel/group/community (I'm not sure the name in discord) and TBH I couldn't adapt to the amount of information running there.

I tried to use discord, I join to Debian channel/group/community (I'm not sure the name in discord) and TBH I couldn't adapt to the amount of information running there.

Yeah, I'm a generation or two older than the average discord user and it's been quite the adventure just observing. I have been able to answer a couple of technical questions and for me it's been quite the social experiment just watching

Welcome to the merging of what would normally be a culture clash! Except we are doing it right. Discord moves a lot faster over many topics and while it seems random most of the topic of the moment is user directed. Lots of just random chatters, hardcore hobbyists, and professionals there. Even though that instance is Debian specific there are a lot of Arch and other distros represented there, so you get a better feel for the overall FLOSS community.

Observe and pop in on occasion they don't bite, and the admin staff reacts very quickly.

Generationally it can be a bit overwhelming if you are used to the more stoic specific chatting Debian has, I.E. Mailing-lists, IRC, and these forums in some regard, if you are a bit older in the highlight of chatting like AOL, Compuserve or younger in the Discord commnunities it would be an easier transition/understanding of large scale chatting groups. Slack doesn't count.

[CwF]

I have a hard time with any communication that is faster than a horse. I'd ask the courier to relax and have some tea, allow the horse to graze and rest. I'll fashion a response, not to journey until dawn.