Discord March '24 Situation Report (Patreon)
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Well, I finally got the discord up and running. No idea how many people are actually interested, but it's there.
When I write, I plan to try and log on. That is unless I'm on a time crunch or something. I'll usually throw up a greeting, then a sign off. I set it up so people should be able to see the history of the page in general chat.
I have a few ideas on what I can do with the page, so let me know in the comments if any of this is interesting to you.
1 - I was thinking I could make a channel with a weekly conversation topic. Like "If dwarves spend so much time drinking, then why is it always beer? I used to work in a bar, and anyone who drinks daily for a while ends up trying random crap all the time. Sure, they always have their 'usual', but even a guy who is addicted to Kettle One over ice ends up ordering a tequila sunrise every once in a while." You know, something like that.
2 - Treating the general chat like a reddit thread. Leave the comments there for all to view for a while, maybe a couple months. Then people could just post stuff, then see where the conversation goes. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a meme-war.
3 - Maybe a weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly time that I set aside to chat with everyone. No idea if anyone cares enough to talk to the author. I know when I'm a reader, I care a lot more about the story than I do the author. He/she could be a closeted fan of Glee for all I care... I'll still read the story.
4 - Whatever good idea I hear from someone else. I used to use discord to listen to music and argue with people in channels about games and fantasy crap... so I don't know how everyone else expects them to be. Feel free to float your opinion.
As for everything else... I have no expectations with the discord channel. Even If nothing comes of it, I'm cool with it. I mostly just put it there because everyone else on patreon does it. So, if you're interested, check it out.
And let me know if something isn't working or you think I should change something.
Thanks,
-L.S.