Slack is a group chat app that serves as our group’s virtual space for all sorts of mumblechatter. You can access Slack from your phone, desktop, or browser.
Want to join Slack? Slack is for PAX in our group, and we’ll get you connected after your first workout. Visiting from another region, or want to learn more before your first workout? Contact us.
Channels
Conversations on Slack are organized into channels that start with #. The following sections share details about the most common.
Default channels
Everyone automatically is part of the following channels:
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| #1stf | Anything fitness-related, including “preblasts” or promotional info for who’s leading each workout the night before. |
| #2ndf | Anything fellowship-related, such as happy hours, spontaneous meetups to watch a game, or recommendations on things to do. |
| #3rdf | Anything faith-related, such as praises, prayers, and other ways we can help each other out. |
| #cot-announcements | Announcements that you would like the pax to hear about in Circle of Trust at the end of each workout. These are usually upcoming events like a race or service project. Only admins can post to this channel. If you have an announcement, let someone on the Leadership team know. |
| #mumblechatter | A catch-all channel for general questions, comments, observations of life, etc. Usually the most active channel on the site. |
Other channels of interest
Channels are often used to share interests or coordinate activities around a certain type of event. As Peak City takes off, we are trying to take a “narrow and deep” approach to encourage activity (vs. a “wide and shallow” large number of channels with fewer participants).
Tip: The F3 Carpex Slack (where Peak City started) has been around longer, so has a lot more people and channels. You might try posting there.
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| #buy-sell-trade | Things you’re selling or looking for, or deals that you found that other pax might be interested in, kind of like an F3 Marketplace. |
| #diy-home-ec | Anything related to DIY projects, house projects, tools of the trade, recommendations for local service providers, and so on. |
| #business-finance-career | Anything related to money, personal finances, career advice, jobs, professional development, and so on. |
| #healthy-eats | Anything cooking, nutrition, diet-related. |
Channel naming conventions
Don’t see a channel you want? Ask in #mumblechatter to see if others are interested, too. You can even create your own channel, such as for your Shield Lock or a one-time event! Here are some guidelines to help with naming the channel.
- Search for an existing channel that might be similar, and see if it’d make sense to combine channels.
- If applicable to your topic, use prefixes:
#1stf-: For fitness-related topics.#2ndf-: For social, fellowship-related topics.#3rdf-: For service projects, faith-based, and similar topics.
- Use keywords that people are likely to search for. For example,
#business-finance-careercovers a lot of bases.
F3 Nation App
F3 Nation has moved to an all-in-one app, F3 Me. It’s how we post backblasts, and it also keeps stats you can view yourself.
- Backblasts and stats: post backblasts and see the stats F3 Nation keeps on your workouts.
- Your profile: update your F3 name, hospital name, home region, avatar, phone number, emergency contact, who brought you, start date, name origin, and “My Why”. Until now, these fields were only editable in Slack.
- One login: F3 Me uses the new F3 Nation single sign-on. The goal is one login that works across the Admin portal, Map, Pax Vault, and the rest.
Found a bug or have an idea? See the known issues or submit a bug or feature request.
Open F3 MeProfiles
Here are some tips for filling out your profile.
- Most people have a silly profile picture related to their nickname, but you are also welcome to use a selfie.
- For your Display Name, use your F3 name. Some people from other regions might also add their region, like Prodigal (Carpex).
- In your title, feel free to add what you do in real life, or in the group, like if you’re a Site Q.
- Make sure to add a phone number to the ICE, or in case of emergency, field. You can also put this in your title if you want to add more details like a contact name. (Note: You can fill out the ICE field on desktop or browser only, unfortunately not on the mobile app yet due to a known Slack limitation.)
Moderation
As with everything in F3, you are “Freed to Lead,” and can post mostly whatever you like, or even help the Commz team moderate. We want to make sure that our digital community reflects the values of F3 and the spirit of the group that you get in person. The following guidelines are meant to help you understand the sort of things we look for.
General guidelines
- 💪 We love a “hard commit” (
HC) culture! If you plan to show up to a workout or event, throw anHCemoji reaction on that post. - 🙈 Try to keep content more PG than R or NSFW. Please avoid using disrespectful language, slurs, and excessive profanity.
- 🔥 If you post about “hot button” topics like politics, please be considerate in your word choices and remember that we include men from all walks of life.
- 🚨 Avoid using
@channelor@hereunless you really need everyone to get a notification that very second.
Asking for things
- 🙋 Ask for help in a way that is respectful and considerate of your fellow pax. We love sharing recommendations, advice, and encouragement.
- 🤝 It’s ok to share about your personal business, especially if a Pax asks for recommendations. But please don’t spam the channels constantly.
- 🤔 Please rethink using Slack to ask for things that might cross a boundary. Examples include out-of-the-blue requests for money, rides, or favors that are not related to the group, your past relationship with a person, or otherwise are inappropriate uses of the technology. If you are close enough to ask for such favors, you should probably call or text that person off Slack.
Moderation actions by Commz team
- 📂 We might suggest or move a post to a different channel, rename a channel, or otherwise tidy up Slack.
- 🧹 Occassionally, we might delete content or accounts that violate our guidelines