I get the impression that a lot of interesting community convening is happening on Discord/Slack, but I haven't figured out how to engage with those mediums without producing scattered mind. Any tips/insights? (beyond obvious—"disable notifs, unread dots, timebox" etc)
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Only go in with a specific intention. By setting the intention it’ll prime your automatic processes to be more selective to observe data related/in support of that intention.
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Yes, I think this works well for avoiding distraction/scattering, but seems to miss out on the community-building energy, which (apparently?) relies on liveness.
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I notice that if I aggressively timebox Discord/Slack, and open only once a day or two, like email, then I don't get the feel of building a connection with a community at all. This is different from Twitter / mailing lists / forums, where the medium's more OK with infrequency.
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My experience is that a robust community benefits from intentional sporadic engagement. Not every actor has to contribute to liveness. Has to support different modes for different nodes ;-)
Communities thrive on growth of individuals, together. Intentions are good fuel for that.
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I really like "different modes for different nodes."
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