Jamie Tanna (Oct 06 2024 at 08:39): Jamie Tanna (Oct 06 2024 at 08:39):On Slack, we had #general and #blogging for dropping in interesting links from time to time - sometimes it generated some good discussion, but sometimes it didn't. How's best to share these things, here?
Jerod Santo (Oct 06 2024 at 13:42):Good question!
The challenge with naming things (channels, in this case) is you think a name is appropriately scoped, but then here comes a new use-case...
Example: #tv-movies is "A place to discuss media", but let's say I come across an awesome video on YouTube that I'd like to share. Is it tv? Is it a movie? Do I go against the channel's grain or do I start a new one called #other-videos-that-arent-tv-or-movies?
I suggest (open to discussion, of course) that we try to organize around specific-yet-generic verbs for channels and see how that works. So we might create:
Has anybody ever tried organizing discussions this way? Might it work well?
Lars Ellingsen (Oct 06 2024 at 15:22):I like this idea! I had the same thought as Jamie yesterday but in relation to the #tv-movies channel we had in Slack... so I went and created it, but maybe I shouldn't have :sweat_smile:
If we went this route, we could rename #bookclub into #reading. One thing I'd say is a #writing channel would probably be pretty quiet most of the time, and if you've written a blog post, it might be confusing whether to put that in #reading or #writing... maybe the producer and consumer side of these get collapsed into just one, and separated by topics?
Erik Lundevall-Zara (Oct 06 2024 at 17:28):I think that is a good idea worth exploring! If some topic or group of topics get popular enough, it could potentially move to a separate channel, and new use cases would still have a home in the more generic channel.
I do not see much co fusion between #reading and #writing - if I am interested in feedback or exposure to the content, that would go into #reading, and if I was more intersted in discussing how to convey certain information, adress certain target groups or write certain types of material, that would go into #writing.
Even discussing tools to support writing/documentation processes would fit into #writing I think.
Scott Abbey (Oct 06 2024 at 17:35):#writing might be too narrowly scoped. Perhaps a more general #content-creation?
Scott Abbey (Oct 06 2024 at 17:36):My impression of Zulip is that very broad categories should apply to channels, and manage scope with topics, then if a particular topic generates a lot of ongoing interest, break that into its own channel
Daniel Buckmaster (Oct 06 2024 at 17:39):The way they describe it in official docs/marketing is that channels determine who sees a message, and the topic is what the message is, well, about. E.g. here https://zulip.com/why-zulip/#zulips-unique-topic-based-threading-model-makes-efficient-communication-possible-heres-how
So I guess that implies some sort of channel structure based on audiences? But that seems less straightforward outside a work/project context, where we're here just as a group of people hanging out based on a big shared Venn diagram of overlapping interests.
James Thurley (Oct 07 2024 at 08:21):I like the idea of #reading, #watching, #listening and #content-creation.
Fershad Irani (Oct 07 2024 at 12:09):James Thurley said:
I like the idea of
#reading,#watching,#listeningand#content-creation.
Possibly even #projects as a place to share (open sourcey ??) things people are working on.
Philip Durbin (Oct 07 2024 at 22:17):Ooo, I love the idea of having a place to share open source projects.
Justin (Oct 09 2024 at 14:35):What about #building for "projects" so it is in theme with the other verbs?
Philip Durbin (Oct 10 2024 at 02:28):Hmm, or #making but that may imply the maker movement. :thinking:
Jamie Tanna (Nov 17 2024 at 21:27):Did we decide what we want to do with i.e. #blogging? I ask as I've got something I want to share :eyes:
Daniel Buckmaster (Nov 18 2024 at 01:11):Last time I asked about a new channel, someone suggested I just make a topic in #general, which is what I did.
What about making a topic for your post containing the word #blogging in the title? Then if anyone wants to search for all blog related topics, they can search for the term "#blogging" in global search and find everything?
That might also help admins move topics later if a blogging channel gets created :)
Tim Uckun (Nov 18 2024 at 21:19):Related question. If I wanted to start blogging with the hopes of making ten or twenty cents from the effort in the future what's a good platform? Should I just deploy my own ghost or something?
Jamie Tanna (Nov 18 2024 at 21:23):@Tim Uckun I'd say let's create a separate topic, I think there's a lot to say on this topic :eyes:
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