Community Bot

Now THERE's the elevator pitch. @dshan @sean_lynch @borisjabes @

@elizabethhunker @sean_lynch @borisjabes @clearbit

@rrhoover care to share any interested functionality in your setup?

@borisjabes @rrhoover I just put something together for this purpose as well. We use a landing page with an application form that creates a Trello card that triggers an IFTTT message in a private Slack channel. Though the invitation is still sent manually, our four admins can see the pending/approved/denied applications on the Trello board, which is handy.

@dylanatsmith @borisjabes @rrhoover Sounds like a pretty great workflow! Do you often have a lot of people in the pending queue? We had talked about adding an optional landing page sign up to Community Bot, but Slack history in Community Bot's channel might not be a good enough replace for your Trello board.

@sean_lynch @borisjabes @rrhoover Not too many in the queue, but we like to trickle new members in to keep the existing community engaged. Community Bot looks great but probably wouldn't work for a "waiting list" system.

@ngardideh thanks! We're not 100% sure what features will come next and we hope this launch can help us learn what problems semi-private Slack communities have. For example, we're looking at enriching the Slack directory so you can know who is in the community (e.g. areas of expertise or company they belong to). Eventually Community Bot will simply scour the world and use its AI to manage your members for you!

@davidspinks thanks for pointing out the typo – should be fixed. With Community Bot you can send all nominations to a channel and whoever is in that channel (regardless of whether they're an admin) can see and approve new members. So it's as public as you want it to be.