2018 PEOPLE: HG: Social Media: Discord may meet some OpenSim needs

Social Media:  Discord may meet 
some OpenSim (MUVEe) needs

Updated 12/30/2018

What Discord can do to replace G+ services.

Networking

Discord--Free Voice and Text Chat for Gamers

Discord--Wikipedia 

Discord attributes

• Ephemeral: messages not easily found after a  few days
• Serves ingroup communication
• Organized as a collection of communities.  
• Works well for informal community discussions.
• Supports voice.
• Discord is already in use among opensimmers and is considered useful.
• You may find communities of interest on discord if you look.
• You join a community by getting an invitation link from the community.
• See invitations below the break

Who would be interested in Discord

• Working groups collaborating on a project. 
• Reporters and publicists focussing on a particular topic. 
• Close-knit community needing support for informal chat. 

• MUVE (virtual world) weekly update 11/29/2018

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Discord communities I am in

• RyanSchultz.com:  To join, see his blog: Ryan Schultz  
• Invitation button in the left column.
• Hypergrid Explorers and Creators: Click: https://discord.gg/FjHF55N
• 3DWebWorld.com: https://discord.gg/Z9rhjtp
• OpenSim-Fest:  https://discord.gg/43kzMKQ
• OpenSim.Life:  https://discord.gg/HvJUtbg
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• More TBD when I get permission to list.

Important attributes for OpenSim users

Durability 

• Ephemeral: not easily found after a  few days
• Persistent:  easily found after several months 
• Archived: easily found after several years

Target

• Ingroup :  Communication within an existing community
• Outreach:  Communication to people not previously in contact

Replacements for G+   

• How do we replace Google Plus? Preliminary ideas
• PlexodusWiki serves G+ users seeking to continue their community. 
• A collaborative blog is social media if you use it that way
• How do we replace Google Plus? Preliminary ideas
• Join "Jwheels Recommends" to promote events. Invitation
• Hypergrid communication quest, What we can get from MeWe?
• LinkedIn: businesses, educators, professionals: jobs
• YouTube cannot replace G+. But it can do some things better: Outreach
• NEW! A Discord Server for RyanSchultz.com Readers

Event promotion

• Join "Jwheels Recommends" to promote events. Invitation from Jamie Jordan
• A collaborative blog is social media if you use it that way

Ingroup communication

• Hypergrid communication quest, What we can get from MeWe?

Outreach

• LinkedIn: businesses, educators, professionals: jobs
• YouTube cannot replace G+. But it can do some things better: Outreach
• A collaborative blog is social media if you use it that way