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05/31/17, 10:32 PM   #1
Randactyl
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I'd be more in favor of an official ESOUI Discord server rather than one run by the authors (or single author) if the purpose is to be more user focused. I'm not crazy about one or a handful of authors moderating a general user forum. Author moderation has been okay for Gitter because there aren't any users and we don't do anything crazy.

In my opinion it is much more likely that a community owned Discord server becomes abandoned than one owned by Dolby or Cairenn or some other MMOUI staff. Just look at one of the 618 addons in Discontinued and Outdated.

As for use, an official one can be advertised on the website. Anyone who chooses to join would certainly be more connected. There are benefits for authors and users to be in a more instantly connected environment. For authors, Reddit and these forums generally move too slowly to whip up an impromptu beta test or to gather a sample of saved variables. For users, it is sometimes easier to provide specific support through voice chat.

If you build another treehouse, there is going to be some fraction of the user base that splinters off from the established channels. If this is going to happen, I think it should be in an official capacity so it has maximum exposure and an air of legitimacy.
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06/01/17, 04:44 AM   #2
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Hey Randactyl,
Originally Posted by Randactyl View Post
In my opinion it is much more likely that a community owned Discord server becomes abandoned than one owned by Dolby or Cairenn or some other MMOUI staff. Just look at one of the 618 addons in Discontinued and Outdated.
Community owned Discord server can't be abandoned because it's owned by community and not single person or group of persons related to one company. I will gladly grant admin roles to known to me, trustworthy authors and they can pass it on. I already gave an example of abanoned in-game guild officially created by mmoui staff. On the opposite site there is the gitter which is community owned and is doing very well

Originally Posted by Randactyl View Post
As for use, an official one can be advertised on the website.
Can't see a reason why unofficial, community owned one can't be advertised that way. Besides as you probably know there is an official esoui IRC channel, can't see it being advertised on the website Actually it requires some effort to find any info about it. We as a community can advertise it in our own channels. Can post info about it in official eso forums, advertise it in our guilds and so on.

I believe we are grown community, we don't need a kindergarten, we can handle moderation and we can shape that discord server to best fit our needs.
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06/03/17, 05:12 PM   #3
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What the hell is Discord?
I personally haven't spend time there and probably won't in the future.

If it's connected to addons I'd say make it officialy connected with ESOUI. But I don't really care who runs it.

As long as no one expects me to join it and the authors won't leave gitter and the forum, I'm fine.
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