geek-cookbook/docs/community/discord.md

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How to geek out in Discord

The most realtime and exciting way engage with our geeky community is in our Discord server

!!! question "Eh? What's a Discord? Get off my lawn, young whippersnappers!!" Yeah, I know. I also thought Discord was just for the gamer kids, but it turns out it's great for a geeky community. Why? Let me elucidate ya...

1. Native markdown for code blocks
2. Drag-drop screenshots
3. Costs nothing, no ads
4. Mobile notifications are reliable, individual channels mutable, etc

How do I join the Discord server?

1. Create an account
2. Join the geek party!

Code of Conduct

With the goal of creating a safe and inclusive community, we've adopted the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct, as described here.

Reporting abuse

To report a violation of our code of conduct in our Discord server, type !report <thing to report> in any channel.

Your report message will immediately be deleted from the channel, and an alert raised to moderators, who will address the issue as detailed in the enforcement guidelines.

Channels

📔 Information

The following channels are automated, and provide updates for issues like new PRs, subreddit posts, etc:

Channel Name	Channel Use
#announcements	Used for important announcements
#changelog	Used for major changes to the cookbook (to be deprecated)
#cookbook-updates	Updates on all pushes to the master branch of the cookbook
#premix-updates	Updates on all pushes to the master branch of the premix
#forum-threads	Updates to Discourse topics
#subreddit-posts	New topics in r/funkypenguin

💬 Discussion

Channel Name	Channel Use
#introductions	New? Pop in here and say hi :)
#general	General chat - anything goes
#cookbook	Discussions specifically around the cookbook and recipes
#kubernetes	Discussions about Kubernetes
#docker-swarm	Discussions about Docker Swarm
#today-i-learned	Post tips/tricks you've stumbled across
#jobs	For seeking / advertising jobs, bounties, projects, etc
#promotion	In here you can advertise your stream, services or websites, at a limit of 2 posts per day
#dev	Used for collaboratio around current development.

How to get help.

If you need assistance at any time there are a few commands that you can run in order to get help.

• !help Shows help content.
• !faq Shows frequently asked questions.

Spread the love (inviting others)

Invite your co-geeks to Discord by:

1. Sending them a link to http://chat.funkypenguin.co.nz, or
2. Right-click on the Discord server name and click "Invite People"

Formatting your message

Discord supports minimal message formatting using markdown.

!!! tip "Editing your most recent message" You can edit your most-recent message by pushing the up arrow, make your edits, and then push Enter to save!