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Portfolio Builders Jams

Homepage for the weekly Portfolio Builders Jams · By orlandoo

should have a discord instead of this central hub

A topic by David Dawn created 46 days ago Views: 62 Replies: 7
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sometimes we have to try new things but this central hub is making the jams have even less of a community aspect now , it makes it less accessible removing the community tabs from the jams and having them go to a central hub to post looking for a team or anything in general no one seems to be using it since you implemented it and now less people are communicating in general with these jams , a discord takes few minutes to set up and makes it more accessible for most and helps build the community aspect 

Developer

Hey, thanks for posting. You're right, I've seen people aren't using the new hub. I saw this approach was successful with some other jams and thought it was worth a try. I'll either make a discord server or move back to jam communities. The main reason I haven't wanted to make a server is the moderation aspect rather than the setup but it might be time to give it a go. I'll give it more thought over the weekend 

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yeah its not to bad honestly i understand the moderation aspect not wanting to deal with all that but its not to often you get bad apples just have to watch out for scam messages or people being jerks , just from my experience of doing game jams for years most of them have discords and helps with building that community without the discord its hard for people to even want to check out each others projects i find 

Developer

Right, that makes sense. I think a discord would also be good for building a community when not everyone joins the jams every week. E.g. I'm working on a portfolio every week even though I'm not submitting to the jams atm. Cheers, I will try to find time to make one at the weekend.

Developer (1 edit)

Hey, letting you know I've now made a server! https://discord.com/invite/9ae5XCxYNe

It is extremely basic for now!

Just letting you know the server link expired 

Developer(+1)

Thank you, the link is https://discord.com/invite/9ae5XCxYNe

I updated the above comment and the link should also be correct on the jam pages. Please let me know if still doesn't work.

yep the link works