> There is a strong culture of keeping topics focused I think you're mistaking the type of content on Discord/Facebook as a byproduct of the design of their pl

> There is a strong culture of keeping topics focused I think you're mistaking the type of content on Discord/Facebook as a byproduct of the design of their platforms. Upvote oriented forums are the internet's equivalent of academic citations. GitHub issues have more than a sprinkle of the "middle managers preening themselves in meetings for status" vibe. They both have the same property: end users displaying individual dedication to writing thoughtful comments. People do not come to Discord/Facebook to discuss weighty topics, with highly edited well thought out answers. They are there to blast nonsense after a long hard day at work. And that's okay, we all do. Anecdotally, I find Discord search still fairly easy to use. It's an extremely similar experience to what I have to do to wring answers out of the mitts of Google, Splunk, Slack search, grep, or any other search bar I've encountered. Like grep, you just have to put in the effort upfront to learn the search filters. In fact it's far easier to search Discord than picking up regex and grep ever was.