The discussions in the Discord continue to be top-notch. I’m also beeminding moving things from there to here in the forum, because I don’t want the Discord to crowd out the forum, which remains even better, because long-form writing is pretty great.
I continue to be torn between promoting the Discord more and diluting how insanely high-quality the current Discord participants are (plus the worry about competing with the forum). My current compromise is to just tease you here and tell you to DM me for an invite link. If I’ve clicked 
on things you’ve written in the forum, you’re invited!
(All the existing invite links floating around are now disabled so DM’ing me is the only way to get in at the moment. I’m receptive to arguments that that is too much exclusivity! For now I’m just experimenting.)
As a further teaser, here are the current channels in the Discord:
- #larvae: introductions, where newcomers show up
- #hive: main beeminder/akrasia/productivity/etc-relevant channel
- #bumbling: random / off-topic
- #apiary: API and programming
- #beemios: the Beeminder iOS app
- #pollen: polls (it’s funny if you speak german)
- #busybees: pomodoro poker / co-working
- #birds: twitter feed
#meta: self-explanatory- #weightloss: self-explanatory
- #spellingbee: word games
- #waggledance: announcements
- #botspam: for testing bots for the love of god mute this
If that sounds like a lot of distraction, muting everything but #hive and a couple others that strike your fancy is a good strategy. (I’m also dreaming of a Discord bot that only lets you participate when you’re beemergency-free…)