Think it’s redundant to have both Discord and Telegram. Telegram has scammers/spammers too but I’ve seen more participation from forum regulars, ECC people, and others with genuine interest in Zcash compared to the Discord.
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Signal to noise is awful - unless you’re prepared to ruthlessly cull idiots it gets bad very quickly.
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Scam/spam accounts are everywhere it cannot really be fixed.
I dont use discord very much I find it too busy, but some ppl prefer it over Telegram, it has cool features that are not available on Telegram, its a kind of eco-system. Its a shame the Zcash Discord isnt as active as the Telegram group. The problem is, the ppl that are active in the Telegram arent active in Discord and vice versa.
I guess the reason to keep it open is the ppl that prefer Discord should be able to be part of the Zcash community conversation.
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I wouldn’t mind kicking out the bad guys so much if the primary chat was actually used more. A few people trickle in a month an ask questions, but that’s about it.
FireIce and I put the bridge between Discord/Telegram for this reason. The idea behind the Discord, and also the Keybase is to meet the users where they most feel comfortable.
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Perhaps slimming down the discord server to have less catagories will consolidate the chat and activity in a few channels. Just a thought
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A good Discord community mod is a full-time job. Maybe ZOMG ?
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More mods isn’t really an issue, currently myself, FireIce and Daira are mods on the Discord.
The issue at hand is if it’s worth the time/effort to weed a field that few choose to use. I want to think it is, but am on the fence, hence the reason for the question.
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My personal view:
- I’d love a Discord group and have been disappointed in the lack of activity in the current one, so I left it. The good conversations happen here / Twitter.
- Discord could add value if changes are made. A few of my ideas:
– Streamline channels for ZCash onboarding/education (eg. investor 101, developer 101, normie 101…)
– Create a channel to share alpha on ZCash ecosystem news (eg. Agoric coin offering)
– Invest in a Community Manager who’s full-time job is raffles and vibes
– If possible, would be cool to create a verified zec holder channel
None of theses suggestions explicitly solve the scam account problem, but i think more engagement will solve the problem. There are still the inevitable spammers in all the good Discord servers i’ve been a part of, but an engaged community can root them out quickly.
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Discord community manager would be a good role to fill (ZOMG funded). Check out how Sushi runs theirs with their “samurais”.
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