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[Zach Rueda <zachrueda@xxxxxxxxx>]

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. <beenull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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: beenull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Catheryne Nicholson <catheryne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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: catheryne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Crypto Dinosaur <cryptodinosaur@xxxxxxxxx>
> MimbleWimble eMail List <mimblewimble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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" <cryptodinosaur@xxxxxxxxx>
> 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.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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