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    • #12478
      Katje van Loon
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        I know we have the Facebook messenger groups, but not everyone uses Facebook (or wants to); Zoom is great for the hosted write-ins for people who have the paid version, but if you have the free version you can only host for 40 minutes which is not ideal for write-ins.

        Is there any thought to doing a Discord server for chatting and write-ins? There are a couple of bots that you can add to servers that facilitate writing sprints. (Writer-Bot and Sprinto are the 2 I use in my server but I think there are others.)

        Slack is also an option, I guess, but I don’t know if there are any bots for writing on there. Also I think it costs money at a certain point.

        I’m not sure what other chat apps people are using these days so there might be a better suggestion; I just suggest Discord because I’m in several for writers and it seems to work pretty nicely for that. Our Nano region uses it as well to host write-ins as our region is “other” so it refers to basically the entire province.

        (If there is no desire for a discord / ability but having discord-based write-ins is something people are interested in, I’m happy to open up my author/reader’s group discord to fellow cookie bakers.)

      • #12479
        Jodie Carter
        Participant

          Discord sounds good, i don’t know anything about Slack.

          • #12515
            Katje van Loon
            Participant

              Slack is a lot like Discord in setup and functionality; it tends to be used more for businesses or “teams”, and you do have to pay at a certain point.

              I haven’t run my own Slack really, but I’m in one for Passion Planner Ambassadors. I haven’t found any similar bots like Writer-Bot or Sprinto for Slack, though I haven’t looked very hard.

          • #12481
            Isla Elrick
            Participant

              Big fan of Discord and would totally join a Ninja/Cookie Challenge server 🙂

              • #12549
                Katje van Loon
                Participant

                  Yay!

              • #12502
                Juneta
                Participant

                  I use both Discord and Slack. I tend to lean toward Slack for easier over time, but I am starting to get more comfortable with Discord. Some of the bot stuff and sprint setting stuff I have not figured out yet or what to do, but I may learn soon.

                  • #12550
                    Katje van Loon
                    Participant

                      I do like a lot of things about Slack as well and I can definitely see how it’s easier over time. Though Discord seems to be catching up to the things that Slack does well, as with threads.

                      I did search through the app directory for Slack again to see if there was anything for sprinting, and found a Sprint Bot. It doesn’t say it’s for writing specifically but I wanted to try it out and see how it did for that.

                      However when I tried to add it to my server (that I started basically so I could play around with the free version and see if it was viable) the company wanted a bunch of info from me and I just noped out of there really quick.

                      So, so far as adding bots to a server, Discord wins for me at this point, because they don’t ask for my name, company profile, or anything else.

                  • #12551
                    Jude
                    Participant

                      I’d need some direction. Not familiar with Discord or Slack.

                      • #13945
                        Katje van Loon
                        Participant

                          direction can definitely be given! I’m no expert but I know the basics and can definitely help out. 🙂

                      • #13943
                        Katje van Loon
                        Participant

                          ok, I had so much fun in Zoom chat today and I have so little impulse control that I went ahead and created a server for us and invited a couple of writing/sprinting bots.

                          @Tammi if it’s something you have interest in but no time I’m happy to run it for now and then turn it over to you later, or if you have no interest in running it it can just be a side, member-run thing. I’m easy. *cough*

                          I’ll reply to this post with the invite link. it’s open for 7 days so if you don’t get to it in time just let me know.

                          • #13944
                            Katje van Loon
                            Participant

                              here is the link:

                              Cookie Bakers Anonymous

                              • #14012
                                Jodie Carter
                                Participant

                                  Just joined the server thanks for setting it up!

                                   

                                • #14121
                                  Evi Aeschlimann
                                  Participant

                                    Thanks for creating a server, just joined today. 🙂

                              • #14124
                                Juneta
                                Participant

                                  How do you join the discord server?  I can’t find the email if anyone can point there.

                                  • #14125
                                    Evi Aeschlimann
                                    Participant

                                      There was no email as far as I know. Katje van Loon has created the server and shared the link in a post above. Look for her post #13944 from April 6, 2022 at 6:15 am. The link’s text is “Cookie Bakers Anonymous”.

                                    • #14126
                                      Isla Elrick
                                      Participant

                                        You’ll need to make a Discord account! Then you can join the server.

                                    • #14127
                                      Juneta
                                      Participant

                                        I have an account member of several on Discord. I just don’t know the name of server or where ot find the link to add to all my other discord groups.

                                      • #14128
                                        Juneta
                                        Participant

                                          Oh is above, got it

                                        • #14129
                                          Juneta
                                          Participant

                                            Found it.  I totally read over that at least twice.  Thank you Evi.

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