real community

[decuser]

Hi all,

Long time python user, but only recently getting serious about it. Part of that process is looking for the python community. I did a search, found Python.org's community links, visited discord, irc, etc. the stated platforms of community, but found them seriously lacking what I was looking for coming from other communities I've been involved with - persistence, variety, common interests, and coherence. I find irc to be useful for help to quick problems, but not my favorite place to seek engagement. Discord is fine, but it's a bazaar... drop in drop out, if what I'm talking about is interesting to the five active posters we have conversation that scrolls out of existence a few days later. The so-called official forums appear to be some kind of portal to the discord or something. I'm not at all complaining about those channels, they just don't do it for me.

Forums are more my style. You can post anything and if somebody's interested, now or some time in the future, they can self-select into the dialog, which can be ongoing. A real problem in a real codebase can be rather involved, discord or irc rarely have the patience for engaging over days, weeks, etc. Also, the window's aperture (the chat post typical length) precludes much context.

I'm hoping this is a place for python folks to gather, talk, share, troubleshoot, help others, but I just found y'all today, so tell me... is this a community? By way of comparison - freebsd forums or linux.org forums or slackware, gentoo, etc. More than mailing list, irc, or discord...

Will

[Larz60+]

so tell me... is this a community?

take a look around and decide for yourself.
The forum as it stands has been here for almost 15 years.
No advertisements, just a bunch of python lovers.

[decuser]

so tell me... is this a community?

take a look around and decide for yourself.
The forum as it stands has been here for almost 15 years.
No advertisements, just a bunch of python lovers.

Of course, I am looking :). I'm as curious about how you perceive it as to how I see it as a complete newb outsider looking in. Are you welcoming?

[decuser]

Well, I'd say it doesn't appear to be vibrant. I'll stick around a bit and see if anything interesting pops up, but it's not looking promising.

[Biks]

Yeah, I get you. I’ve had the same issue, Discord/IRC are fine for quick fixes but anything bigger just gets buried. Forums are way better if you want persistence and more in-depth back and forth. Here you’ll usually find folks who actually stick around and follow up, so it feels more like a “community” than a chatroom. I’d say stick around a bit and you’ll see the difference.