The Great Migration

[raidem]

Yeah, If you do that it would be ideal.  Or we can use and embed to an existing discord for DresdenFilesReddit.
https://discordapp.com/invite/fwZ7RJy
Check this out.
You should be able to just use your browser and minimal info to join.

So a forum website with a link to discord would be ideal.

[jonas]

Jonas, try to use a filter though, I cringe at some of your posts wondering if your gonna get banned this time or next.  I'm pleasantly surprised when your not, but still.

I have my reasons, very good reasons that I cannot in good conscious ignore without some of that internal backlash(though I honestly can't always tell if i'm listening to my shadow/subconscious or it's coming from my super consciousness/conscience), I don't generally break the rules even if I betimes tweak them on the nose.
You can keep to the letter of the law and still piss somebody off though, I know...

[wardenferry419]

Welcome to America, home of the easily-offended and land of the overly-sensitive. Moody 5-year old makes for moody daddy.

[raidem]

It's fine with me. I just cringe.  I like your ideas.  Someone is more extreme than me, that is always good.

[jonas]

It's fine with me. I just cringe.  I like your ideas.  Someone is more extreme than me, that is always good.

LOL your welcome. Can't remember remember which state it was in the movie... or which movie now... but someone told their teammate "your my Arkansas" cause no matter how bad he was, as long as 'Arkansas' was next to him he'd never be the worst, ergo avoiding the teams ire lol.

Welcome to America, home of the easily-offended and land of the overly-sensitive. Moody 5-year old makes for moody daddy.

GAAA! it took me months to adjust to watching 2 kids all the time. Moody tantrums from baby and toddler simultaneously drove me up one wall and down the other. I'd like to think It's helped me grow more there... but woe betide any man, woman or child who doesn't let me get a little time to do what I do. To enter one of my proverbial 'sanctuaries' lol.

[wardenferry419]

I was raised in the old-fashioned, country way. Mom wakes you up by kicking the bed and yelling "get up, moron!" If that don't work, the big cup of cold water does the trick.

[wardenferry419]

So far, I am having the easiest time adjusting to the Discord site. Maybe, because there is a fair amount of activity there. Not giving up on the other sites, though.

[raidem]

Deadline: by the end of the year.

Haven't established one but I'd like to see things heading to a conclusion by/around the end of the year if possible.

Not a lot of time to comb through the replies here.

Suffice it to say I don't think that it's something that's gonna get solved by a single monolithic solution, I think the community will need to gel around 2-3 things that solve different overlapping parts of the need: for example, Discord or Slack for some real-time social-connecting & chatting. An established well-moderated Facebook group for that platform (because if you don't include Facebook you'll miss a big chunk of folks; personally that platform's not for me, but it is the big leader in the field) — sounds like there's one out there already. Probably a Wiki or similar to store fan resources like Word of Jim.

[wardenferry419]

I saw that as well. Plus, he gave some good advice about requirements needed.

[raidem]

We now have 11 members on Google+.  Come join us.  This is a free platform.  If it gets critical mass, perhaps we can just do something there.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/110815155441576519567

I just created this free forum. Now I need to design it like ours. I'm not designing anything. I'll let others just take a peek at a free option.
http://jimbutcheronline.boards.net/
Nevermind.  It's slow and I don't like the look so much.  To much wasted space. But, anyone who likes to know how to learn about getting a forum started without spending money, it's a great place to learn.

[wardenferry419]

I am on Google + but the set does not seem to support long-term topic posts. It has more of a blog feel.

[raidem]

Yeah, you would think google would have a REAL FORUM.

[wardenferry419]

Well google is first a search engine. Just the biggest search engine.

[Ananda]

I wouldn’t name things after this forum; it is copyrighted. Make a new, descriptive name.

Also, spend a month discussing options before putting a lot of effort into many rushed things at once, perhaps. Then, move forward confidently and together. There are a lot of good options.

For myself, I prefer a structured forum type format for formal, sequential discussion. Also, I prefer to not associate my name to a fantasy popcorn fiction site, so something where you can use pseudonyms. The last thing I would want is for some client to google my name and read my posts about Dresden Files.

[raidem]

Oh, I only named it that because Griffyn named the Google+ community it.
Anyways, I'm taking it down as it was just for us to check out what a free service looked like. I don't have the time, skill, nor patience to go with it.
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