Add Link to the racket Discord to the racket website?

[schle...@gmail.com]

The racket discord is managed quite well, I think it should be added to the racket website so that newcomers can find it easier, just a thought.

Maybe below the link to slack?

[Adam Golding]

seconded

On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 at 14:56, schle...@gmail.com <schle...@gmail.com> wrote:

The racket discord is managed quite well, I think it should be added to the racket website so that newcomers can find it easier, just a thought.

Maybe below the link to slack?

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[Adam Golding]

I'm not so sure now: https://groups.google.com/g/racket-users/c/SkJAKkQhlgw

[Yury Bulka]

Just my 5 cents...

Recently I had to register on a discord "server" to ask a question
within another community - and the experience was of a high barrier of
entry. I needed to provide my age, confirm my email, then (that might be
an issue of that particular "server" - I'm not sure) I was forced to
wait 5 minutes before I could interact. Also I notice now that discord
sends me email notifications that contain third-party tracking.

Another walled garden trying to make me an addict of their service.

The only thing I want to do now is delete any of my presence on discord.

The IRC + Matrix combination is much more open and inclusive I think.

And there is a question of transparency of governance and moderation of
course.

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[Adam Golding]

IRC + Matrix?  I've just been using mIRC, lol

[schle...@gmail.com]

@Adam What I see with your link is a giant wall of text, It is quite overwhelming to get greeted by huge correspondence like that.

This thread was simply about helping somebody who wants to find help with basic racket problems find a place where there are people who can help in an interactive manner that is an alternative to the mailing list.

@Yury nobody has to use discord, it is simply an option for those who accept the cons of using a service like that, because it works for them.

[John Clements]

This is the second time I’ve heard of matrix.org this week. Time to check it out.

John

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[Yury Bulka]

I would just clarify that in the case of Racket, the IRC channel and the matrix room are the same room (they are joined together via a bridge).

23 квітня 2021 р. 03:22:33 GMT+03:00, John Clements <clem...@brinckerhoff.org> написав:

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[Paulo Matos]

Yury Bulka writes:

> I would just clarify that in the case of Racket, the IRC channel and the matrix room are the same room (they are joined together via a bridge).
>

Which matrix room are we talking about here? First time I hear about a
matrix room.

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[Yury Bulka]

From within matrix one can join any freenode IRC channel by joining a
room by the name #freenode_<channel name>:matrix.org

The racket IRC channel is accessible on matrix as

#freenode_#racket:matrix.org

Using the element web client I can access the room at this URL:
https://app.element.io/#/room/#freenode_#racket:matrix.org

AFAICT this creates an syncronized matrix room for the channel behind
the scenes; also it has message history, so acts similarly to an IRC
bouncer in this regard.

Since the Racket IRC channel requires that your nick is registered,
before accessing it from matrix, you should authenticate with NickServ:
https://matrix-org.github.io/matrix-appservice-irc/latest/usage.html#customising-your-experience

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