[QGIS-Developer] Revolt Chat Community Server

[Ethan Snyder]

Greetings Devs!

        For those who aren't aware, Tim Sutton and I created a new community site with Revolt.

        Revolt is a FOSS alternative to Discord that has many of the features of Discord (for those who know about Discord), but without the not-so-friendly TOS.
        Some features are missing, but are planned as Revolt is in very active development (such as the overhauled .

        I gave a presentation on a QGIS Open Day session regarding the new community site (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvTnkGNzSw)

        A big reason for creating this, was to help centralize and organize the community. A key feature is being able to have multiple rooms (channels) for various topics all under one single roof. Need a new room for some major thing without clogging up the main dev channel (such as Qt 6 work)? Need a room for discussing the new QGIS website aside from comments on Figma (already suggested to Anita)? Creating separate rooms for these discussions is very easy (takes a few seconds), and helps organize things, and increases community involvement and feedback.

        I have setup already, a couple of development rooms: core development, plugin development, translations, documentation, and a general chat for hackfests (Carlos, Amy, Raymond, and Tim already posted tons of photos from the hackfest in Firenze).

        Right now, the server isn't very active. But, I believe that with enough key/core members using it, it will gain traction as we use it. There are already numerous people signed up for this server.

        I recommend checking it out, there are desktop apps, mobile apps, and a Web App available (plus with being FOSS, custom apps are completely allowed, unlike Discord).
        Please feel free to provide feedback. A couple of people have already made suggestions; and things have been rearranged, and changed since it's initial setup and launch, so nothing is set in stone.

        To create an account: https://.revolt.chat
        To join the QGIS server: https://rvlt.gg/eRTmS1ZV

        Let me know if you have any questions. We made this for the QGIS community, as we believe this is a great platform for such a large and active community and would like to see it used.

Thanks,

Ethan Snyder
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