Join the discord gophers group and get a channel for the project to raise visibility

[suzuki-shunsuke]

• Raising more awareness of this great tool #1650
• Raising more awareness of this great tool #1671

[suzuki-shunsuke]

https://github.com/orgs/aquaproj/discussions/1650#discussioncomment-5052373

This is a good idea to make aqua more popular, but I have a concern.

Ideally, I'd like to keep discussions in one place (GitHub) so that users and maintainers can find the information and track the topic easily.
If the information is dispersed, users can't find the information and track the topic.

When I checked an issue of a project, I was dissappointed because they talk about the issue in discord and I couldn't catch up the status of the issue from the issue. I saw discord, but in the channel various topics are discussed and I couldn't find the information about the issue.

I'd like to avoid the same situation.

And it isn't good to discuss the same topic in the multiple places.

Chat is a flow style communication, so it is difficult to stock the information.
And we have to answer the same question for many times.

Users can post comments roughly. This is good for users but isn't good for maintainers.
Chat has no template unlike GitHub Issue, so user's question would lack required information so we have to ask users question to get required information. It's very tough work.

I hope the community will grow and users support each other without me, but it would not so easy.

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I described my concern, but I have no idea to make aqua more popular and introducing discord seems good to me.

[suzuki-shunsuke]

I checked Discord Gophers Group.

Can I get a channel for my own Go package?
Absolutely. If you are a developer of a Go package that meets the below requirements you can request a channel for your package.

• Must be a reasonably usable package that compiles and works.
• Must have a README with enough documentation to explain what the package does and how to use it.
• We ask that you link this Discord in your projects README. This both helps your users find help and promotes this server some.
• Must follow basic idiomatic Go coding and formatting standards.
• Generally speaking, we don't want to make channels for a bunch of pet projects.
• Please send a DM to me (@Skippy) if you want a project channel or have any questions.

• There are only a few channels in PROJECTS category
• All of them are Go's libraries. aqua is written in Go but isn't a Go library, so maybe aqua doesn't meet the requirement
• The admin is negative to make channels

  Generally speaking, we don't want to make channels for a bunch of pet projects.

Maybe we should consider creating Discord Server for aqua, but in that case it may be difficult to make the server awareness.

[suzuki-shunsuke]

Maybe we create a Slack channel in https://gophers.slack.com instead of Discord.
It seems we can create Slack channels freely in https://gophers.slack.com .

[suzuki-shunsuke]

Maybe we create a Slack channel in https://gophers.slack.com instead of Discord. It seems we can create Slack channels freely in https://gophers.slack.com .

@sheldonhull What do you think?

[sheldonhull]

Whatever you like best. I also prefer GitHub but figured it might help raise awareness.

[suzuki-shunsuke]

Thanks.
I've created a Slack channel. https://gophers.slack.com/archives/C04RALTG29K

[suzuki-shunsuke]

Maybe Reddit Community is also useful to raise awareness, though I'm not familiar with Reddit. 🤔