I second this article's sentiment. Back in the 2000s I spent a lot of time on forums and Wikia. I can still find lots of posts and conversations I had way back

I second this article's sentiment. Back in the 2000s I spent a lot of time on forums and Wikia. I can still find lots of posts and conversations I had way back over a decade ago (on the forums that haven't shut down) and looking things up is easy. Even for forums you're not a part of, it's easy to benefit from their knowledge with an online search. In contrast, anything within discord is stuck within discord, and not only do you need an account to participate but it introduces a single point of failure: discord. If the company gets shut down or gets bought out and changed, everything's gone. If a server runs into issues with discord management/leadership, it's gone. Not to mention the slower pace of forums and chat nature of discord lead to completely different kinds of conversations and discussion. Ideally discord would be for unimportant or personal chat and forums would hold real discussion. We'll see if that approach survives.