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9:20 PM, Wednesday March 22nd 2023
edited at 9:21 PM, Mar 22nd 2023

Thanks so much!!

I knew the discord channel existed but I hadn't joined before (I get nervous talking to people compared to text-based posts), but the critique exchange system sounds great and I will definitely check it out. Thank you for letting me know!

edited at 9:21 PM, Mar 22nd 2023
3:43 AM, Thursday March 23rd 2023

As far as I know, the discord is all just used as text threads (otherwise there would be a thousand people talking all at once). The one you want is "critique exchange." Also, you can post stuff in each lesson thread as you go and ask questions. (They have a thread for lesson 1, 2, etc, plus the different challenges.)

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