actor/improviser, writer & essayist, urban planner, computer scientist, amateur media scholar, Chicago lover, tupperware container for multitudes, #1 fleabag fan
it was an honor to be here, cohost <3
okay I'm putting a marker down, hold me to it: cohost writer's salon discord before May
name ideas? The Sadgirl Shop? Mechfuckers'r'us? Chostwriters?
(also, if anyone has particular 'I need any discord server I'm in to have this' bots/functions/assists/principles, lmk and I'll try to find the maximal combination of requests)
-Dealbreakers-, the word I was looking for was 'dealbreakers'. Tell me what your dealbreakers are for a discord and I'll do my best to avoid them
bad name idea: CoHoWriCord (short for cohost writer's discord, depressingly derivative play on NaNoWriMo)
Sounds like some sort of weird keyboard-like musical instrument, I dig it
'oh yeah, man, I play cohowricord in a, like, world music-fusion jam band, there's seventeen of us and we're playing burning man this year'
Definitely one of the Burning Man performances of all time
Cohost Writer's Saloon feels like a good name already and what folks know. Also yeah, cos there was a few times I nearly started making it hehe. Happy to help out, I do discord admin for like a union and have decent knowledge on making sure a server is not like structurally toxic or anything.
will definitely be looking for some mods in the next week or two, I'll keep a slot open for you (I have very little experience Actually Owning discords, though I have moderation responsibilities in a few)
I do a lot of the maintenance stuff in a server of 400+, I can also help out even tho I am not a writer, my partner (@Runes-and-Tunes) is and I think would enjoy being in a server like this :)
I like "cohost writer's salon" as a name, personally, but I'll admit "Chostwriters" is fucking good. Principles? "Whatever you can do with 3 dozen channels you can do better with 3." and "Vent channels become ever-growing voids hungry for misery and despair, lingered in only by those who seek to sate them."
100% there is no vent channel, I am also in the 'as few channels as possible' camp
Adding my vote for just calling it "Cohost Writer's Salon" given that's kinda Just The Community. Bots-wise I've got PluralKit and Reaction Roles in my servers, those've been the only two I really need consistently (especially since Discord's Events system has gotten more robust). Lmk if you wanna look at the rules I wrote up for my TTRPG study server or chat about other moderation experiences.
I guess the name depends on how open the discord is? Because I've always assumed the "cohost writer's salon" referred to otter and friends specifically
this, sort of
like I think of like... not quite a dozen names when using the term?
Not saying I want something for just those people exactly, but...
(also not a dealbreaker but I enjoy suggesting a #blessings channel for pretty much every server I join where people can post Pictures And Videos Of Cute And Funny Pets/Other Animals)
realised in conversation with the americans in my polycule the other day that the English concept of a literary salon didn't cross the Atlantic outside of academic circles but yeah, I had in mind a fairly close-knit group to which others would maybe be invited later on the basis of a decision by existing members, not something open to all (hence why I didn't put any tags on the post, but it somehow grew legs anyway) - this is what I'm planning to set up as a starting point
[obligatory joke about car culture killing social spaces here]
putting in my +1 for "Cohost Writer's Salon" as the name! Think this is a really great idea, would also be happy to help with mod stuff if needed. Excited to join! 
same, the spread of this already has me thinking about what the best scale control policy would look like (starting with a very clear rule that this is a server for writers, not people who are only there out of interest in reading what we write)
