Better discussion software?

[Lisa Harper]

I’m pretty new here and maybe there is not much interest in Q&A or discussion by other members. The forum is lightly used and not great (sorry, I’m um a… techie. Please forgive me.) These days you can set up a really good “forum” by using Slack, Discord, Discourse, etc. very cheaply. I’ve found I’m a whole lot more engaged with my instrument when I can see others engaged in the same activity and it’s easy to connect. COVID has brought that into clear relief. Any chance fiddlevideo would make such an improvement?

Lisa

[Casey Willis]

Hey, Lisa. Couldn’t agree more – the forum could use a refresh. I’ll have to learn something about those options.

Other folks who use this site – does anybody advocate one of the options Lisa listed over the others? I’ve never used any of them…

I’ll do some thinking. And other folks feel free to chime in.

C

[Lightningie]

Discord is typically used for social gaming connection, but I can see discord possibly being used for this as well. I haven’t tried the other two.

[Lisa Harper]

For whatever reason, David Benedict uses Discord to complement his Patreon site. I’m more familiar with Slack since a lot of tech companies use it. I’ve used free groups to facilitate communication in graduate classes that I teach.
Lisa

[Casey Willis]

Thanks for the input, guys. I’ll do some research on Discord to see if I think that would be a good solution/enhancement…stay tuned. Feel free to chime in with other thoughts, folks…

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