[Air-L] AOIR Discord?

[Jeremy hunsinger]

There is a critical internet studies discord, but it isn't that busy.
It also is not aoir, ping me for the link.

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 2:08 PM Fred Fuchs via Air-L
<air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> ---
>
>
> 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 listservs is an outdated way to share, organize, search for, and apply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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jeremy hunsinger
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University
Collaboratory for Digital Discourse and Culture
Virginia Tech


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