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[Crypto Dinosaur <cryptodinosaur@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.peverell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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: 0xb1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Avery Tomek <averytomek@xxxxxxxxx>
> Ignotus Peverell <igno.peverell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> mimblewimble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mimblewimble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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: averytomek@xxxxxxxxx
> To: Ignotus Peverell <igno.peverell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> mimblewimble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mimblewimble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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.peverell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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