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I reluctantly accepted a Discord server for my project as my users demanded it. Now the people who help out on the project do so in Discord and I hate it. I hav

by city41 5y ago

I reluctantly accepted a Discord server for my project as my users demanded it. Now the people who help out on the project do so in Discord and I hate it. I have to constantly copy the info into a Github issue or discussion otherwise it's pretty much impossible to find again as it scrolls up. There's also a ton of noise in between the contributing comments. I think I'm going to push back and leave the Discord server and tell people to please use Github instead for contributions.

wintermutestwin 5y ago
To me, Github is a code repository and Discord is synchronous chat. I personally find both Github and Discord to be much harder platforms to extract information and ask questions than wikis, fourms and subreddits.
alya 5y ago
We host the full version of Zulip for free for open-source projects. :) https://zulip.com/for/open-source/ https://zulip.com/for/open-source/
JoshTriplett 5y ago
> Now the people who help out on the project do so in Discord and I hate it. I have to constantly copy the info into a Github issue or discussion otherwise it's pretty much impossible to find again as it scrolls up. There's also a ton of noise in between the contributing comments. This is one of the reasons I prefer Zulip to Discord. You get more organization by default, with all conversations happening in threads with subjects, and a tendency to create new threads for new topics. I can actually find information in conversations long afterwards, and cross-link to useful Zulip threads from GitHub or elsewhere.
theelous3 5y ago
just copy a link to the discussion and add a pr template that grants a blanket read only invite
loo 5y ago
You probably have more people contributing on Discord than you'd have just on Github. Maybe 2, 3 or more times as many. Discord tends to be social in a way Github is not, with lower friction to contribute. And perhaps even a better asynchronous model. I don't discount your frustrations. Maybe a bot that can create GH issues from Discord would help. With rights to use it spread liberally around the community. Tell people you need help getting data into Github, give them a bot so they don't have to context switch, and they'll probably surprise you.
- city41 5y ago
  You're probably right on the increased contributions. It's definitely a case of pros and cons. I'll look into bots, that's a good idea.
theshrike79 5y ago
I'm a 100% sure you can find at least 42 Discord bots that can create and update relevant GitHub issues directly.

by city41 5y ago

wintermutestwin 5y ago

To me, Github is a code repository and Discord is synchronous chat. I personally find both Github and Discord to be much harder platforms to extract information and ask questions than wikis, fourms and subreddits.

alya 5y ago

We host the full version of Zulip for free for open-source projects. :) https://zulip.com/for/open-source/ https://zulip.com/for/open-source/

JoshTriplett 5y ago

> Now the people who help out on the project do so in Discord and I hate it. I have to constantly copy the info into a Github issue or discussion otherwise it's pretty much impossible to find again as it scrolls up. There's also a ton of noise in between the contributing comments. This is one of the reasons I prefer Zulip to Discord. You get more organization by default, with all conversations happening in threads with subjects, and a tendency to create new threads for new topics. I can actually find information in conversations long afterwards, and cross-link to useful Zulip threads from GitHub or elsewhere.

theelous3 5y ago

just copy a link to the discussion and add a pr template that grants a blanket read only invite

loo 5y ago

You probably have more people contributing on Discord than you'd have just on Github. Maybe 2, 3 or more times as many. Discord tends to be social in a way Github is not, with lower friction to contribute. And perhaps even a better asynchronous model. I don't discount your frustrations. Maybe a bot that can create GH issues from Discord would help. With rights to use it spread liberally around the community. Tell people you need help getting data into Github, give them a bot so they don't have to context switch, and they'll probably surprise you.

city41 5y ago
You're probably right on the increased contributions. It's definitely a case of pros and cons. I'll look into bots, that's a good idea.

theshrike79 5y ago

I'm a 100% sure you can find at least 42 Discord bots that can create and update relevant GitHub issues directly.