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Semi private chatrooms is where it’s at right now. The kind where somebody assembles a group of a few hundred individuals to hang out on Slack or Telegram aroun

by Swizec 9y ago

Semi private chatrooms is where it’s at right now. The kind where somebody assembles a group of a few hundred individuals to hang out on Slack or Telegram around a particular loosely-ish defined interest. Invite only of course. I’m in a couple and it’s honestly amazing. Small enough to feel safe and cozy, big enough to have lots of activity and a range of ideas and personalities. It’s like putting the community conference hallway track online and making it last for months and years on end, not just a day or two.

walterbell 9y ago
Interesting! What kind of topics? E.g. topics that also have active forums, blogs, stack overflow, twitter traffic? Can existing members recommend new members? How long does the group last? Do people get evicted for any reason?
qznc 9y ago
How would I get in there?
christophilus 9y ago
How do you find them? I work remotely, and would love to join some good tech discussion groups every once in a while.
- djhworld 9y ago
  This is what saddens me about these invite only Slack channels. Yes the owners are free to make them invite only, but also if they're not easily discovered how are people supposed to find them? At least with IRC or Discord or whatever you can browse channel lists, instead of trying to hammer Slack into a niche it's not even designed to fill.
  - wyclif 9y ago
    Yes, but as an ancient user of IRC I can tell you that the problem he's addressing is that anyone can join an IRC, and often they do. Have you ever joined a large tech-oriented channel? Low signal-to-noise ratio, with lots of noobish questions or off-topic chat.
- Swizec 9y ago
  They find you, that's kind of the point. You do your thing and eventually, if you get noticed by the right people, you start getting invites. Some also have public "ask to join" links. One such example is https://wip.chat https://wip.chat
skinnymuch 9y ago
How do you find these? I also work remotely and would love to be part of some communities of that size and nature.

by Swizec 9y ago

walterbell 9y ago

Interesting! What kind of topics? E.g. topics that also have active forums, blogs, stack overflow, twitter traffic? Can existing members recommend new members? How long does the group last? Do people get evicted for any reason?

qznc 9y ago

How would I get in there?

christophilus 9y ago

How do you find them? I work remotely, and would love to join some good tech discussion groups every once in a while.

djhworld 9y ago
This is what saddens me about these invite only Slack channels. Yes the owners are free to make them invite only, but also if they're not easily discovered how are people supposed to find them? At least with IRC or Discord or whatever you can browse channel lists, instead of trying to hammer Slack into a niche it's not even designed to fill.
- wyclif 9y ago
  Yes, but as an ancient user of IRC I can tell you that the problem he's addressing is that anyone can join an IRC, and often they do. Have you ever joined a large tech-oriented channel? Low signal-to-noise ratio, with lots of noobish questions or off-topic chat.
Swizec 9y ago
They find you, that's kind of the point. You do your thing and eventually, if you get noticed by the right people, you start getting invites. Some also have public "ask to join" links. One such example is https://wip.chat https://wip.chat

skinnymuch 9y ago

How do you find these? I also work remotely and would love to be part of some communities of that size and nature.