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I'm a Reactiflux admin. We are VERY happy with Discord! I had this discussion with Max Stoiber (founder of Spectrum.chat) on Twitter a couple months ago [0] .

I'm a Reactiflux admin. We are VERY happy with Discord! I had this discussion with Max Stoiber (founder of Spectrum.chat) on Twitter a couple months ago [0] . I agree that threadedness and searchability are nice features of Spectrum, but I'd say that both a forum-like searchable model and a real-time chatroom model have a place, and that the use cases only partially overlap. [0] https://twitter.com/acemarke/status/953804604046749696 https://twitter.com/acemarke/status/953804604046749696

swyx 9y ago
and i totally respect that you are happy with it. this is merely my opinion, and why I've tried Reactiflux a couple times and it has not stuck for me. Key question for you is: how many of me are there out there?
blocked_again 9y ago
I don't get it. How does a chat without a threaded conversation model able to manage a large number of people effectively? Have you ever taken a look at chat that is fully threaded? As far as I know, Discourse was built by keeping gamers in mind who care mostly about what is happening right now which is not the perfect fit for an open source project.
- acemarke 9y ago
  Sometimes if there's a bunch of people chatting at once the conversation can get a little crossed-up, sure, but most of the time there's only one or two specific discussions going on in any given channel. It helps that we have a _lot_ of different channels for different topics: #general, #need-help, #redux, #webpack, #functional-programming, #testing, etc.
- swyx 9y ago
  its not like the mass community of users get to decide, the people who started reactiflux got themselves on the react docs first and so it becomes pseudoofficial. then over time you just get the benefits of network effect.
unicornporn 9y ago
> I'm a Reactiflux admin. We are VERY happy with Discord! Are you in any way being compensated to say this? I don't expect you to disclose the details here, but I will at least ask. Publishing this blog post I understand that it is important for Discord to win over open source project to their platform. As users, developers are often early adopters and "organic" influencers. I think you should give https://riot.im https://riot.im a try. It's open source and federated and has IRC bridges.
- acemarke 9y ago
  I am absolutely in no way compensated for _anything_ I do with Reactiflux :) I hang out there in my free time and answer questions because I like helping people learn about React and Redux, and I posted that comment because I truly am happy with Discord. I had no idea they were even writing that article until I saw it posted here on HN. Not sure what else I can say to prove that, but it's true :)
  - swyx 9y ago
    for the record i disagree with this kind of very tenuous tinfoil hat conspiracy theory. there isnt even an economic incentive here. we should be free to speak our minds without disclosing the presence of vested interest even in super inconsequential cases

swyx 9y ago

and i totally respect that you are happy with it. this is merely my opinion, and why I've tried Reactiflux a couple times and it has not stuck for me. Key question for you is: how many of me are there out there?

blocked_again 9y ago

I don't get it. How does a chat without a threaded conversation model able to manage a large number of people effectively? Have you ever taken a look at chat that is fully threaded? As far as I know, Discourse was built by keeping gamers in mind who care mostly about what is happening right now which is not the perfect fit for an open source project.

acemarke 9y ago
Sometimes if there's a bunch of people chatting at once the conversation can get a little crossed-up, sure, but most of the time there's only one or two specific discussions going on in any given channel. It helps that we have a _lot_ of different channels for different topics: #general, #need-help, #redux, #webpack, #functional-programming, #testing, etc.
swyx 9y ago
its not like the mass community of users get to decide, the people who started reactiflux got themselves on the react docs first and so it becomes pseudoofficial. then over time you just get the benefits of network effect.

unicornporn 9y ago

> I'm a Reactiflux admin. We are VERY happy with Discord! Are you in any way being compensated to say this? I don't expect you to disclose the details here, but I will at least ask. Publishing this blog post I understand that it is important for Discord to win over open source project to their platform. As users, developers are often early adopters and "organic" influencers. I think you should give https://riot.im https://riot.im a try. It's open source and federated and has IRC bridges.

acemarke 9y ago
I am absolutely in no way compensated for _anything_ I do with Reactiflux :) I hang out there in my free time and answer questions because I like helping people learn about React and Redux, and I posted that comment because I truly am happy with Discord. I had no idea they were even writing that article until I saw it posted here on HN. Not sure what else I can say to prove that, but it's true :)
- swyx 9y ago
  for the record i disagree with this kind of very tenuous tinfoil hat conspiracy theory. there isnt even an economic incentive here. we should be free to speak our minds without disclosing the presence of vested interest even in super inconsequential cases