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  John AdamaStaff - July 15, 2021

  Thanks for asking. We’ve thought about it for a long time, because I agree synch and asynch convos have different purposes. (That’s part of why we participate in some non-TP Facebook groups, for example.) 

  We have a community slack channel you and anyone else here is welcome to join. It’s mostly the few of us who work on TP internally + a few core community members like ‘Rich in DC’ and Jonnie.

  Since it’s small, right now it’s more of a place we all drop links we find, such as current events, then sometimes convos spin off from those. But would be happy to see it morph into more convos.

  No Discord yet, but would be more than happy to host one. 

  Anyone want to join the Slack? Is there a general preference between Slack and Discord? 

   
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    RedneckContributor - July 15, 2021

    Let me know when y’all decide to speak English.

     
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    Gideon ParkerStaff - July 16, 2021

    Let me translate for you Redneck, and don’t worry I wasn’t involved in either of these two services before joining The Prepared and it’s relatively new for me as well. 

    Slack and Discord are can be overly simplified as online services that allow instant messaging, voice, and video calling. They are popular platforms for employees working at home or even in an office to quickly message each other and collaborate. Many people will create these groups on these as well to talk with other people about their hobbies such as those into ham radio or video games.

    In the context that John is talking about, you would create a Slack or Discord account according to which one or both we decide to work on, and then you can go in there and share prepping related news articles and stories, ask questions, and have conversations in near real time with people. 

    Some people like the quicker instant messaging ability over something like a forum, and others prefer a forum over instant messaging. 

     
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    RedneckContributor - July 16, 2021

    Thanks.  I prefer a forum with private messaging.  Is that not possible here?

     
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    Gideon ParkerStaff - July 16, 2021

    Private messaging is not currently available but has been discussed and may be a future addition. Thank you for letting us know you are interested in it.

     
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    Lowell - July 15, 2021

    I’d def be keen to join the Slack! I prefer Slack to Discord, because AFAIK discord has no threading, which I think makes it a lot harder to manage.

    Facebook groups aren’t secure (heck, neither is Slack nor Discord) but I think that’s the superior communication medium because the post/comment/subcomment structure makes it easiest to not get buried under notifications. I think the TP forum basically does this just as well though! 

     
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    Alicia - July 15, 2021

    I’d vote for Slack as I have yet to embrace Discord although I have an account.  I use Slack at work and have some familiarity. 

     
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    Seasons4 - July 19, 2021

    I would be interested in joining one or the other or both. The platforms are new to me, though I’ve heard of them.

     
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    Bill Masen - July 19, 2021

    can we have that in laymans english english please ? 🙂  Gracias, Merci, Danke, Spasiba

     
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    Gideon ParkerStaff - July 19, 2021

    Bill, see my comment above. (3rd comment from the top) Hopefully that help clear things up a bit. If not, let me know and I can try and break it down a bit further.

     
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    John AdamaStaff - July 19, 2021

    I just sent Slack invites to e.blake, Lowell, Alicia, and Seasons4. Sent to the email addresses registered to your TP accounts — send us a note to hello@tp if you’d rather use another email address for Slack.

    Happy to add anyone else, too!

     
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    Lowell - July 19, 2021

    COOL!!

     
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    Charlie - July 19, 2021

    I’d like to join the Slack group please. Thanks

     
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    Sarah - July 24, 2021

    Can I get a slack invite? 

     
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    Hermit - July 26, 2021

    I’d like to be part of the Slack group too, please.

     
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    pnwsarahContributor - July 26, 2021

    Ooh! I’d love to join the Slack!

     
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    Eric - December 12, 2021

    May I please join the TP Slack?

     
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    Gideon ParkerStaff - December 13, 2021

    Glad to have you join Eric! We just sent you an email. 

    (I deleted your other comment here with your email address so other people don’t message you randomly)

     
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    EzlyAmuzzed - December 21, 2021

    Wow how did I miss this thread until now! I hope its not to late but I would like to join the slack too please.

     
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    Gideon ParkerStaff - January 13, 2022

    We sent you an invite to join the Slack team. 

     
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    Steve_Holden - July 19, 2021

    I prefer Discord.

     
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    Ironclad Amoeba - July 27, 2021

    I’d love to join the Slack, as well as Discord if you ever make any.

     
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    Andrew Nyhus - January 29, 2022

    Hey, recently started watching the YouTube channel. I’d love to join the slack or discord, whichever exists

     
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    Gideon ParkerStaff - February 2, 2022

    Andrew, we sent you an invite so check your email. 

     
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    TraceContributor - February 2, 2022

    Me! Me! Pick me! (lol)

     
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    Gideon ParkerStaff - February 2, 2022

    Thanks for the enthusiasm Trace! We will send you an invite shortly 🙂

     
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    TraceContributor - February 2, 2022

    Again, I’m late to the party. But if this is still a thing (I guess I waited until it was through the internal beta phase – lol) I’d love to participate!

     
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    Seth Johnston - July 8, 2022

    Could I get a Slack invite whenever it’s convenient? Thanks!

     
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  BlueGlass - August 2, 2021

  I’ve never used Slack but I use Discord all the time.  If you decide to add a Discord server, I’ll join that.

   
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  Gideon ParkerStaff - April 23, 2022

  Wanted to give an update that The Prepared has created a Discord server for those who want to join in on some conversations over there.