With Tech Fleet, you're only a message away from getting help. We're a community-driven nonprofit. This means everyone in the community pitches in to the success of the mission.
If you ever get stuck and want some help from someone else in the community, we have a decentralized buddy system in place.
Anyone in the community that has the Buddy Up role can receive access to a channel to request buddies and accept someone else's request for a buddy.
Attention all Buddies: please follow the video we put together for properly direct messaging people in Discord. Your security is at stake!
Follow these instructions to use the Buddy system in Tech Fleet.
Step 1:
Get the Buddy Up role. There are two ways to get this role.
The first way is to check off that you need to buddy up with someone while you are going through Tech Fleet onboarding.
The second way is to go to the Channels and Roles menu item.
Head to the Customize tab.
Then scroll down to the section that asks you about the activities you want to do.
Find the "I want to buddy up with someone" and check it off.
By following one of these two things, you will obtain the Buddy Up role.
Step 2:
Head into the Buddy Up channel and find a buddy! This can be found under the Guidance menu category.
Step 3:
Post your request for a buddy in this channel. Tell the buddies of the community who you are, what your goals are, what kind of help you want, and what kind of buddy you're looking for, and how you'd like to proceed with your Tech Fleet buddy.
Step 4:
Create a thread to your original post so that others can reply to your post. Do this by right-clicking the message and select "Create Thread".
Then give your thread a name, and be sure you tag the Buddy Up role in a message within that thread so that others can see it. Follow the video about Discord Chats to learn more about messaging in Discord.
Step 5:
Wait for someone from the community to respond.
Step 6:
Once you have a buddy, start buddying up! Start chatting with your new buddy.
Use the Hangout channel to meet your buddy on a live stream if you'd like.
We encourage you to give back to other buddies in the community just like others give back to you. Be a buddy, take a buddy! With this, we help each other succeed in Tech Fleet community, and the cycle continues.