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Are there really no good open source forum alternatives? -- asking for a friend :-)

• steveklabnik 7y ago
  We already use an open source forum: discourse. If you mean real-time chat, in my personal opinion, Discord is the best choice. Zulip is good, if you can deal with it being a bit weird. The other options are fine, but not great. You may have different opinions than me personally.
  • naiveai 7y ago
    You mean the same Discord that's now majority-owned by Tencent, right?
    • steveklabnik 7y ago
      I don’t know anything about their ownership, but I also don’t think you’re actually asking that question.
      • naiveai 7y ago
        Sure, it may be a bad-faith question, but I think the point still stands. IRC, as an open communications protocol, will always, always, always be better than private companies with the potential to be controlled by anything. Richard Stallman would be rolling in his grave.
        • bopbop 7y ago
          Christ, you scared me there. Stallman is not dead.
          • naiveai 7y ago
            He's pretty old, I was making a statement about the future. Bit sloppy nevertheless.