I’m new to this mailing list, but part of the reason I wanted to join was because I was looking for that “space between development discussions and the troll army.”
Glad you’re thinking about doing this. Since this isn’t a scammy/promotional project, I think the initial community will be self-selecting and agree that it’s better to start early. I’ve helped build/manage some communities like this before so happy to help out. On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 00:21 Ignotus Peverell <igno.pever...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > I don't see the purpose. > > I don't disagree with a lot of what you wrote after that but here are some > reasons: > > - Maybe I'm an hopeless idealist, but I think there's a space between > development discussions and the troll army. I'm hoping that space is very > wide and that there are a lot of people in it that can be very valuable to > this project. > - A forum type thing is more topical. So we can differentiate between > governance topics, research, economic parameters, messaging, user support, > etc. It's also more perennial (don't you like those 2010 bitcointalk > threads?). > - Communities take some time to foster. Starting early will make it a > lot more likely that it'll be able to self-regulate and adjust later. > - On the more cynical side, I'd like to keep this mailing-list as a > safe space for development. So we need a buffer in front of it. And Reddit > is the opposite of a buffer (although I have to say I'm pleasantly > impressed with /r/grincoin so far). > > > - Igno > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Mimblewimble] Community discussions > > Local Time: 11 January 2018 4:50 AM > UTC Time: 11 January 2018 04:50 > From: 0...@protonmail.com > To: Avery Tomek <averyto...@gmail.com> > Ignotus Peverell <igno.pever...@protonmail.com>, > mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net <mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net> > > I don't see the purpose. Maybe with mainnet release, but for the time > being we have relatively active subreddits already, and as it should be > most of the discussion is developer oriented and we have solid channels for > that. One of the problems with other protocols is too much > popularity/speculation before it's due/warranted/developed enough to > support it, and I think we should do whatever we can to learn from those > mistakes and mitigate them. > > My two nanogrin. I think the more under the radar things stay the more > they can gestate. And I really don't see what kind of discussion can't > happen on the channels we have. I don't know of many other projects have > had the kind of organic publicity we already have, I think we should stay > technical and low key. > > > Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Mimblewimble] Community discussions > Local Time: January 10, 2018 6:44 PM > UTC Time: January 11, 2018 2:44 AM > From: averyto...@gmail.com > To: Ignotus Peverell <igno.pever...@protonmail.com> > mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net <mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net> > > Sounds like a good idea! It would be nice if we had a central forum/chat > we could all contribute ideas or questions, etc. If there is anything I can > do just let me know! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 10, 2018, at 4:49 PM, Ignotus Peverell igno.pever...@protonmail.com > wrote: > Hi all, > I've been playing with the idea of having a more open mode of > communication for people to participate. Both this mailing list and gitter > are very developer focused (not to mention clunky, when it comes to > launchpad). This is not to propose a replacement of what we have now for > development, just complement with a platform that's easier to join and more > user-friendly. > Practically, I was thinking of setting up a discourse.org instance, > either hosted by them or us. What do you all think? > > - Igno > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mimblewimble > Post to : mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mimblewimble > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mimblewimble > Post to : mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mimblewimble > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mimblewimble > Post to : mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mimblewimble > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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