On 6/22/2020 1:55 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 20:53, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via > agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: >> On 6/22/20 4:06 PM, nch via agora-discussion wrote: >>> On 6/22/20 3:00 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion >>> wrote: >>>> On 6/22/20 3:50 PM, James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: >>>>> I can do that without objection >>>> I can save everyone time by saying that I will object. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ---- >>>> Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Herald, Referee, Tailor, Pirate >>>> Champion, Badge of the Great Agoran Revival, Badge of the Salted Earth >>> >>> Can I ask what detriment you feel there is to having an extra optional >>> discussion forum? We already have the irc and it doesn't seem to impede >>> normal play... >>> >> >> For me, I am concerned that it could normalize the use of a proprietary, >> locked-in platform as an official place of discussion. > > My concern exactly.
It's a place that a critical mass of agorans are currently hanging out so as long as that's true, it should be advertised somehow regularly to be open/welcoming to newcomers. Maybe at the top of the Newspaper, I dunno. Whether than makes it worth a buried mention in the Registrar's report alongside the nearly entirely defunct IRC channel is more of a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, tho having the IRC listed while we're all over on discord pretty much confirms our fuddy-duddy nature...
