[tech] I set up a UCC Discord and IRC bridge bot
James Andrewartha
trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Mon Jan 2 08:03:32 AWST 2017
On Sat, 31 Dec 2016, James Andrewartha wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016, James Andrewartha wrote:
>
> > I've been threatening to do it for a while, so now there is a UCC Discord,
> > with a bridge bot to #ucc. For those who haven't used it, Discord is a
> > online, multi-device voice and text chat application, with a gamer focus.
> > It's a proprietary service and they keep chat history for all time, so if
> > committee doesn't approve I'll pull it down.
> >
> > Technical details: I created a container on medico and installed
> > https://github.com/reactiflux/discord-irc then configured it to connect to
> > a newly created Discord server. Currently I am the admin but the
> > permissions are quite flexible so we can add people as required.
> >
> > Why did I do this? Discord has mobile and desktop apps, which means
> > members who are not die-hard screen users will be able to see chat history
> > from when they're not around. Basically it will hopefully increase
> > engagement with our members who are actually studying at uni, rather than
> > the old guard ghetto is has become.
>
> There was some discussion in #ucc today about this. You can join the
> Discord server by going to https://discord.gg/tckg2 (valid for 24 hours)
> and then scroll back up to read it!
Join link that does not expire: https://discord.gg/jNnEgs2
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