[blog] Discord announcement blog (#38258)

Signed-off-by: Rich Bustos <92274722+richbustos@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Rich Bustos <richbustos@Kristies-MacBook-Pro.local>
Co-authored-by: Danilo Leal <67129314+danilo-leal@users.noreply.github.com>
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docs/pages/blog/discord-announcement.js

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+import * as React from 'react';
+import TopLayoutBlog from 'docs/src/modules/components/TopLayoutBlog';
+import { docs } from './discord-announcement.md?@mui/markdown';
+
+export default function Page() {
+  return <TopLayoutBlog docs={docs} />;
+}

docs/pages/blog/discord-announcement.md

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+---
+title: 'MUI is now on Discord!'
+description: Come join our community to engage in lively discussions, share your projects, and interact with the MUI team.
+date: 2023-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
+authors: ['richbustos']
+tags: ['News']
+card: true
+---
+
+<a href="https://mui.com/r/discord"><img src="/static/blog/2023-discord-announcement/discord.png" width="1280" height="640" style="margin-bottom: 16px;" alt="Discord banner with link" /></a>
+
+This year, one of our highest priorities has been to create a central hub for the MUI community.
+Up until now, our community has been scattered across discussions and interactions on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/MUI_hq), [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/mui), [GitHub](https://github.com/mui), and [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/material-ui).
+
+That's why we've officially launched our [Discord Server](https://mui.com/r/discord/)—and we'd love for you to be a part of our community!
+
+Come join to engage in lively discussions, share your projects, and interact with the MUI team as well as developers just like you from all around the world.
+
+## Why you should join our Discord Server?
+
+There are a plethora of reasons why you should join, but here are the three biggest benefits:
+
+1. **Real-time communication with our community**:
+   As mentioned above, our communication with the community has often been slow and _scattered_ across too many different platforms.
+   Developers are frequently unsure whether to open an issue on Github, tweet at us, or send us an email when they have a question or want to share feedback.
+
+   _Discord provides real-time chat capabilities_, allowing you to communicate and collaborate with us and other developers, instantly.
+
+   What's a better way to get a real-time response from the MUI team and other users?!
+
+2. **Community building**:
+   Discord is a great place for us to get together and chat!
+   For so long, there wasn't a way for us to get together.
+   We have big plans to set up events such as hack-a-thons, monthly office hours with our Developer Advocates, speaking events with MUI founders, and the list goes on.
+
+3. **Networking and collaboration opportunities**:
+   We want this to be a safe place where you can join, have fun, and meet new people.
+   Someone is out there using this same tool as you.
+   We created two awesome channels to help you find work opportunities (and we can always create more—just let us know what you need)!
+   1. 🎨 │ Show-Off
+      - Show off your MUI projects! Get wild. Ask questions.
+        Or use this channel simply to boast. 😉
+   2. 📝 │ Freelance
+      - Looking for some help on completing your vision?
+        Use this channel to find work or market yourself for work.
+        There are thousands of developers, designers, and teams using MUI.
+        You're bound to find someone to help you complete your project.
+
+## Chat with you soon
+
+Overall, we're super excited to have you join our community.
+Come show off your projects, introduce yourself in the **"👋 | new-members"** channel, or just ask general questions in the forums.
+
+As always, we would love to hear from you.
+
+**See you on our [Discord Server](https://mui.com/r/discord/)!**

docs/src/modules/components/TopLayoutBlog.js

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     avatar: 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/92228082',
     github: 'prakhargupta1',
   },
+  richbustos: {
+    name: 'Rich Bustos',
+    avatar: 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/92274722',
+    github: 'richbustos',
+  },
 };
 
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