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Discord is amazing for getting fast answers to questions, but terrible at accumulating knowledge. For example, several times I've joined a server to ask a ques
by uses 5y ago
Discord is amazing for getting fast answers to questions, but terrible at accumulating knowledge.
For example, several times I've joined a server to ask a question about an obscure game mechanic, and gotten helpful answers in a few minutes.
The flip side is none of that information is crawlable on the web, so it is lost like sand through an hourglass. Whereas with forums (or their replacement, reddit) somebody in the future could benefit from my Q/A session by finding it on a search engine.
The second major problem I have is identity. When I post in a channel about school, I want to use my real face and name. When I post in a random server, I want anonymity.