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I love stuff like this. With so many communities congregating on Discord, Slack etc. we lose a lot of valuable information that would previously have been on so

I love stuff like this. With so many communities congregating on Discord, Slack etc. we lose a lot of valuable information that would previously have been on something publicly searchable like StackOverflow. A lot of OSS has fallen into this pattern and it can be truly infuriating at times.

cheeseblubber 4y ago
Yes! This is the exact problem I was hoping to solve with Linen. I felt frustrated that there was so much good information being hidden in Slack and Discord communities. I also was annoyed at slack links in Github issues that leads no where because it was archived historically.
- leros 4y ago
  I don't know if this makes any sense but have you thought about a way to migrate from Slack to a forum?
tomwheeler 4y ago
And not only is Slack harder to search, free Slack instances limit history to 10,000 messages, so older messages effectively disappear.
- benatkin 4y ago
  They also badger community members who have no say in the matter to upgrade.
hardwaresofton 4y ago
It's a bit of a negative comment but I sure wish these communities would rediscover forums. They're not all perfect but I am convinced that Discord and Slack are where valuable information goes to get mixed with gifs and memes then die. I guess that won't happen until someone starts hosting discourse for free. Awesome that Linen is trying to build a different future though.
- sjtindell 4y ago
  They are real time forums and way more. Just without search, like the other poster mentioned.
- leros 4y ago
  I agree. I really dislike Slack and Discord compared to forums. Being able to keep a topic in a confined thread and then bump it to the top when there is activity is so useful. Slack does have threads but you never know about updates unless you're already chatting in the thread. Slack just feels like email before threads got grouped together. Don't get me wrong, Slack is a great chat tool for small groups and it's a bonus that others can search it. But forums are far superior for large groups and long lived conversations.
  - reflexco 4y ago
    You can subscribe to Slack threads like you would a forum's. Discord threads are a bit weird but they have the advantage that they appear on the sidebar so they don't get lost in a sea of messages.
  - orhmeh09 4y ago
    I was curious if anyone had used a typical web forum for work instead of slack or others.
- btown 4y ago
  Whoever can solve applying topic change-point detection (e.g. https://aclanthology.org/C18-1212/ https://aclanthology.org/C18-1212/) to wide-ranging Discord and Slack channels, and put together a novel UI for discovering probable thread-intentions there (for both closed and open communities) would unlock an incredible repository of human knowledge. There's a massive opportunity here.
- fomine3 4y ago
  Gitter is searchable. I wonder why it isn't popular.
  - 4y ago

cheeseblubber 4y ago

Yes! This is the exact problem I was hoping to solve with Linen. I felt frustrated that there was so much good information being hidden in Slack and Discord communities. I also was annoyed at slack links in Github issues that leads no where because it was archived historically.

leros 4y ago
I don't know if this makes any sense but have you thought about a way to migrate from Slack to a forum?

tomwheeler 4y ago

And not only is Slack harder to search, free Slack instances limit history to 10,000 messages, so older messages effectively disappear.

benatkin 4y ago
They also badger community members who have no say in the matter to upgrade.

hardwaresofton 4y ago

It's a bit of a negative comment but I sure wish these communities would rediscover forums. They're not all perfect but I am convinced that Discord and Slack are where valuable information goes to get mixed with gifs and memes then die. I guess that won't happen until someone starts hosting discourse for free. Awesome that Linen is trying to build a different future though.

sjtindell 4y ago
They are real time forums and way more. Just without search, like the other poster mentioned.
leros 4y ago
I agree. I really dislike Slack and Discord compared to forums. Being able to keep a topic in a confined thread and then bump it to the top when there is activity is so useful. Slack does have threads but you never know about updates unless you're already chatting in the thread. Slack just feels like email before threads got grouped together. Don't get me wrong, Slack is a great chat tool for small groups and it's a bonus that others can search it. But forums are far superior for large groups and long lived conversations.
- reflexco 4y ago
  You can subscribe to Slack threads like you would a forum's. Discord threads are a bit weird but they have the advantage that they appear on the sidebar so they don't get lost in a sea of messages.
- orhmeh09 4y ago
  I was curious if anyone had used a typical web forum for work instead of slack or others.
btown 4y ago
Whoever can solve applying topic change-point detection (e.g. https://aclanthology.org/C18-1212/ https://aclanthology.org/C18-1212/) to wide-ranging Discord and Slack channels, and put together a novel UI for discovering probable thread-intentions there (for both closed and open communities) would unlock an incredible repository of human knowledge. There's a massive opportunity here.
fomine3 4y ago
Gitter is searchable. I wonder why it isn't popular.
- 4y ago