Discourse is the fastest and lightest forum software in my opinion. Unless we’re looking for a bunch of add-ons and a crazy theme, I don’t think anything else is worth setting up. On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 1:15 AM, Brendan O. <been...@protonmail.com> wrote:
> 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> > > 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. >> >> >> 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. 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