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<div class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">I am Yuko Kitada, an Austronesian historical linguist from Tokyo, Japan.</div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">I made a Discord server to facilitate communication among Austronesian linguists.</div>
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Austronesian Linguists<br class="ContentPasted0">
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"><a href="https://discord.gg/eDXnPQNdfX" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">https://discord.gg/eDXnPQNdfX</a><br class="ContentPasted0">
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">It is a text-based communication server like a club or an ICAL dinner where we can casually communicate. It is different from the An-lang mailing list, which is more formal and scientific. Since
Discord servers were initially used for chatting while online gaming, this server also aims to become a place where Austronesian linguists chat while writing papers, eating meals in their offices, and so on, or when you feel like talking. It would also be
nice to meet your colleagues, whom you met online or long ago because you could leave a message, and all the messages are stored.</div>
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">There are channels for students, professors, and professors emeriti, in addition to the general channel where we all gather. Other channels would be added. <br class="ContentPasted0">
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<div class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">Direct messages (DMs) are also available.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px"><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span class="x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted3 x_ContentPasted4 x_ContentPasted5 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">You
could come to the Discord server with a temporary account without registration by an email address</span></span></span><span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> and leave anytime. </span><span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">So, there is still
time to decide if you will participate in the Discord server after making short visits.</span></div>
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you do not need to 'decide' whether to join or not, but you could make many short visits with temporary accounts.)</span></span></span></span></div>
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(For new Discord users who would like to register: </div>
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Discord is basically for anonymous communities, unlike Facebook. So, I recommend creating your account anonymously. You can add your real name or nickname for our server later. </div>
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For your information, I used one of my private email addresses with pseudonyms to create my Discord account, which is thus anonymous on other servers.)</div>
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Very little has been decided. We may need to fix a time for meetings first.</div>
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Let us talk about them on the Discord server.</div>
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Best regards,</div>
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