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> Slacks and Discords I find these terrible for any kind of information discovery. I hate that so many communities are using them as an alternative to a subred
by deadbunny 5y ago
> Slacks and Discords
I find these terrible for any kind of information discovery. I hate that so many communities are using them as an alternative to a subreddit or focused forum. Hell most "modern" forum software is horrific as well.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoIt is a problem for ephemeral vs evergreen. Chats are a horrible place for evergreen knowledge. Forums are pretty good though. It’s only a slight difference but a big one.
- selfhoster11 5y agoAnd we are back to a "decentralised" web, although it's only decentralised between a few servers in Discord's and Slack's basements.
- kaladin-jasnah 5y agoI think that the advantage in using some kind of instant-message system like Discord/Slack is that you might end up getting a faster response, which is quite helpful when I'm feeling impatient and want my problem to be solved faster. On the other hand, the questions aren't as easily searchable and archived for future people to find.