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That very much depends on the network and the channels how well things work or not. And other than having no moderators/channel operators at all, I don't see ho

• kodah 4y ago
  It can be, but not in a place like IRC. The problem is that if a channel operator over a large channel gets to tripping your only option is to move networks if you'd like to chat on the same topic with less abusive operators, which ignores the value that people add to communities. On Discord, all communities are created equal, and are discoverable. When you go to the discovery mechanism you can search for many similarly purposed communities.
  • welterde 4y ago
    Fair point (especially for super generic things like "#science" or similar) - that could sometimes be handled better. However sometimes there are multiple rooms discussing the same thing on the same network, so it's not always necessary to jump ship completely. But not sure I buy that the communities are that different. I would rather view them as different networks in IRC terms. You'll have a completely different set of people from one to the next, so how is it any different to joining a different network on IRC?
    • kodah 4y ago
      > You'll have a completely different set of people from one to the next Yeah, sometimes, other times there's overlap. That is kind of my point, they're encouraging chasing people off to new places because their channel operators could be worse.