Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I want to tell you guys about a project I've been working on.
Around a year or so ago I put together a small private chat server and got some people from this board on there. It had about 40 people active at one point but eventually activity died down so I had to shut it down. But I thought it had potential so I went back and overhauled the front end and decided to make a whole web based section that functions like a social media site.
Think of it like a niche community site, kinda like here, but the key difference is being user-oriented rather than content-oriented. Meaning user profiles, private messaging, and group functions. I find that here it can be difficult to have deep style discussions in the comments section just because we are constantly jumping from thread to thread. Great articles get buried sometimes because things happen so fast. All this makes it difficult to form focus groups that can actually get things done on a local level like we preach all the time.
I know there's already a ton of social media platforms, but this is not intended to compete with the major players by having millions of users just shitposting all day. I would prefer a smaller user base that is active and wants to actually assemble with like minded people to help each other and address local issues, share knowledge, teach classes, etc. For this reason I decided to have a membership paywall. That should keep out the trolls and shills and it also means it can be sustainable.
So it's almost ready to launch, but I need some help with things like bug testing, posting content, graphics, logo, marketing, and I'm also planning on doing a regular newsletter, affiliate program, and a whole bunch of other ideas and I need some help because it's a whole lot to manage and I've never really done this before. I want to get a gauge of interest here and feedback so if anyone wants to help out or just check it out here is a telegram group you can join where I can provide more details:
https://t.me/+_yNlIILR1TY4MDU5
Thanks, hope to see you there!
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