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#2. With Discord, I would love to have it move in the other direction, from being a game-centric network to more of interest-centric network. Parts of this alre

by bhl 7y ago

#2. With Discord, I would love to have it move in the other direction, from being a game-centric network to more of interest-centric network. Parts of this already exist — there’s a way to search through open invite communities — but it’s not as explicit as I’d like: most of times to find a niche discord group, you first have to visit its respective subreddit and find the invite link beneath all the clutter. Sometimes, there isn’t even a direct subreddit: to find a summer intern group, I had to dig through numerous threads of r/cscq. The downside of this type of network is moderation: subreddits now can self moderate but with chat, it’s higher volume and no filter by upvoting enabled.

erichurkman 7y ago
My challenge with Discord is that when you enter any established community, it's information overload. Established servers have a dozen or more channels, a slew of bot commands, sometimes mandatory rule review or approval requirements, and it can be hard to judge how healthy the community is.
modo_mario 7y ago
I've wondered about this as well. Discord should realize it's main appeal is not hosting gaming communities. It's providing a good and very customisable textchat environment (way less limiting than let's say slack) with easy voip and that all across platforms (browser, desktop, mobile, etc) I'm curious how large of a share of the servers is in no direct way gaming related. As far as the rest goes I've wondered about as well. I'm part of a Discord that has no subreddit, yt or twitch channel is not a gaming community coming from some game or the like. It has a focus in that it's Eurocentric tho there's plenty of people on it from the US and the rest of the world but the only way it has survived for bout 2 years now is by being welcoming and a very broad catch all community with channels for cooking, politics, tech, memes, etc (https://euro-lounge.eu https://euro-lounge.eu) I've encountered other ones that survived but they tend to be part of some big crosslinking groups and seem void of community feel with a shitload of people 99% of which don't say anything. Meanwhile more interest-centric communities just die if they don't have an area like a subreddit to pull people from. I've encountered numerous disappointing graveyards like that.

by bhl 7y ago

erichurkman 7y ago

My challenge with Discord is that when you enter any established community, it's information overload. Established servers have a dozen or more channels, a slew of bot commands, sometimes mandatory rule review or approval requirements, and it can be hard to judge how healthy the community is.

modo_mario 7y ago

I've wondered about this as well. Discord should realize it's main appeal is not hosting gaming communities. It's providing a good and very customisable textchat environment (way less limiting than let's say slack) with easy voip and that all across platforms (browser, desktop, mobile, etc) I'm curious how large of a share of the servers is in no direct way gaming related. As far as the rest goes I've wondered about as well. I'm part of a Discord that has no subreddit, yt or twitch channel is not a gaming community coming from some game or the like. It has a focus in that it's Eurocentric tho there's plenty of people on it from the US and the rest of the world but the only way it has survived for bout 2 years now is by being welcoming and a very broad catch all community with channels for cooking, politics, tech, memes, etc (https://euro-lounge.eu https://euro-lounge.eu) I've encountered other ones that survived but they tend to be part of some big crosslinking groups and seem void of community feel with a shitload of people 99% of which don't say anything. Meanwhile more interest-centric communities just die if they don't have an area like a subreddit to pull people from. I've encountered numerous disappointing graveyards like that.