![]() The company I work for is in the process of migrating internal chat away from Discord to something else. I suspect the bulk of your happiness with it derives from your early presence in the ecosystem, not because of any strengths of the platform itself.Ī possibly better solution would be something that doesn't put up any barriers to entry for any of us. "Discordization" makes it more convenient for you, but at the cost of making it less accessible for others. It's good to be reminded that kindred others enjoy the "other side", but remember it slices both ways. I'm appreciative of your comment and glad you made it. Even worse, I think proliferation of discord chat rooms might suck the useful people and information away from areas of the internet I can easily access, and hide them somewhere hard to get. And when I leave, it's worth noting that the comments/questions are still on the page, and indexed by a search engine for those to find after I'm gone.Ĭompare with discord, where it's ephemeral and behind a walled garden. I can read the thread, get my answer, then close the tab without carrying around a basket of one-off bullshit accounts I created to join a plethora of chat rooms. It's much better for this information to be on a webpage, possibly a web archive of a threaded email list, or a subreddit. Why should I create an account on some closed source platform (that will probably collapse in 5-10 years like all of them), and learn yet another style of markup and communication and lingo. Quoting, and agreeing with you, "I think it's way better to use a system I am already signed up for." I don't want to sign up for a friggin Discord, or a Telegram, or a Slack, or a Whatsapp, and who knows how many other variants of IRC, just to find information!! I have "account fatigue". I loathe seeing something I'm interested in, something math/science or technology oriented, on Discord. Nothing against games or gamers, I'm actually jealous! Just never found anything fun since Zelda and Tetris) (I'm a late 30s male, but, I don't play video games. The reasons Discord works well for you are unfortunately. It's worth noting that I guess this is a Discord server specific setting, so that could vary I suppose. I guess I'm just saying this as a reminder that there are always others that do enjoy the other side. I know a lot of people in the comments seem to hate Discord for this, but I personally love it. And when I leave, it's worth noting my comments/questions are still on the server for those to find via search if they join after I'm gone. It's also nice that I can join a server, get my answer, then leave that server with no lingering email sign up for some one-off forum that I'll never visit again, and then I get bombed with emails after I'm done. I also love the new threads feature by Discord to keep convos more concise and isolated. ![]() ![]() I don't want to sign up again for a million different forums like the old days. I think it's way better to use a system I am already signed up for. Maybe it's just me (30-something year old male, big into gaming), but I love when I see forums on Discord. ![]()
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