Is there any reason we should use discourse over a traditional forum? Just
curious as to if there's any advantages.
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Mimblewimble] Community discussions
> Local Time: January 11, 2018 12:14 AM
> UTC Time: January 11, 2018 6:14 AM
> From: been...@protonmail.com
> To: Catheryne Nicholson <cather...@blockcypher.com>
>
> Is there any reason we should use discourse over a traditional forum? Just
> curious as to if there's any advantages.
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [Mimblewimble] Community discussions
>> Local Time: January 11, 2018 12:12 AM
>> UTC Time: January 11, 2018 6:12 AM
>> From: cather...@blockcypher.com
>> To: Crypto Dinosaur <cryptodinos...@gmail.com>
>> MimbleWimble eMail List <mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net>
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>> I concur that it's better to start now. I spent a lot of time reading the
>> bitcointalk forum to educate myself prior to getting into Bitcoin. That
>> forum was also where I found Vitalik's annotation of Bitcoin code, years
>> before he started Ethereum. I found it extraordinarily useful.
>>
>> Having discourse would not only foster community but engage others to help
>> in all the non dev related areas that will need to be addressed and built.
>> As the saying goes, it takes a village...to build something great.
>>
>> On Jan 10, 2018 9:55 PM, "Crypto Dinosaur" <cryptodinos...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>>
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>>>>>> -------- 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
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