[Air-L] AOIR Discord?

[Fred Fuchs]

While I've used Discord for hobby uses like online 3D games, 
I urge caution in using Discord for professional and 
academic use given they allegedly scrape chats for AI training.

Our groups I participate in are looking for a similarly easy 
to use chat system to Discord. Ideally that would be one 
that is self-hosted for privacy reasons. Owning and 
controlling one's own data is important.

An email list works okay for asynchronous conversations, but 
something closer to synchronous communications might be 
helpful for this group.

Fred

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On 10/26/2022 9:23 AM, Roo S via Air-L wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm wondering what AoIR members think of building a Discord?  I realize
> that there are several platforms out there, and ironically we all are
> probably "too close" to some of the failings and/or opportunities of
> community, communication and digital space, but I would imagine that this
> group would probably hold a strong consensus that group email threads and
> listservs is an outdated way to share, organize, search for, and apply
> information.
>
> I'd love to connect more deeply with anyone who's interested.  Here's a
> brief/simple survey to help me follow up and/or learn from the group:
> https://forms.gle/zbxmg5433r7LctKf8
>
> Last but not least, here's an interesting article about the applications of
> Discord for better digital community practice:
> https://www.newkinco.com/projects/anitya-metaverse-platform
>
> Looking forward to connecting!
> Roo
>

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