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SPEAKER 1: It's hard to
be a college student.

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Especially first-generation
college student.

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So as professors, what
are some, for example,

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communities that you guys would
recommend us to join or look into?

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Just so that we have that camaraderie
or that help that especially now

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that we're in quarantine, we
can't have with face-to-face?

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SPEAKER 2: Yeah, It's
a really good question.

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I think I have been following on Reddit
a number of communities which are nice.

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I don't know if they are
strictly university oriented.

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Odds are it's a broader
demographic than that.

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But let me see if I can paste the
URL of at least one subreddit here.

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If unfamiliar, Reddit is a
popular site for discussion.

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So Learn Programming is
actually a really nice one.

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I've found the discussions there to
be pretty healthy and very supportive

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of students.

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There's another one, let me see
if I can find it real quick,

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about computer science
education, more generally.

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I'll see if I can find that soon.

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Brian, do you want to chime in
though, with some thoughts too,

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while I look for that?

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SPEAKER 3: Yeah.

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The other thing I'll mention
are just CS50 Zone communities,

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if you're interested in interacting with
other CS50 students who are currently

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taking or have taken any of our courses.

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There is a link to all of our
various different communities.

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It is definitely a very
active group of students

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that are on Facebook that are
communicating and forming community

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together, as well as on
Discord, that are always

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chatting about CS50 or programming,
or any of the specific problems.

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So that can be a place where a
lot of our own students online

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have been able to find communities.

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And we've noticed that these have
been even more active now that more

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and more people are staying indoors.

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So definitely other people there
to connect with potentially.

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SPEAKER 1: Yeah, I
have the Discord chat.

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It's been really helpful.

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And especially, like I said,
now that we're indoors,

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it's nice to have that
camaraderie again.

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SPEAKER 2: Indeed.

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And I can paste the link of
all of CS50's communities,

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which should appear in the
chat room in just a moment.

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That's a link to all of
our own specific ones.

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Then, the other subreddit
it I was thinking

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of which talks about life after
college, computer science,

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is this one here, CS
Career Questions on Reddit.

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You might like that too.

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SPEAKER 1: OK, thank you.

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SPEAKER 2: Both of those communities
seem very supportive of people

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asking questions of each other.

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