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My OSS Project (Lit - at https://lit.dev https://lit.dev) just moved our community chat from Slack to Discord[1] and we couldn't be happier right now. one of th

My OSS Project (Lit - at https://lit.dev https://lit.dev) just moved our community chat from Slack to Discord[1] and we couldn't be happier right now. one of the main reasons is the velocity that Discord is moving to add useful community oriented features like this. Assuming this means that Forum Channels are GA now, we're going to us them for our #ask-for-help channel to make them more organized and searchable. I think it's a great middle ground between Reddit / old-school forums and chats which are dominating the community space right now. Having both in one place (along with voice and video channels, and events) is awesome! btw, Discord's bot API is wonderful as well. We easily made a `/docs` bot that searches our Algolia site docs search index, shows results in Discord and lets the user choose a result to link to. It's great for answering questions. [1]: https://lit.dev/discord https://lit.dev/discord

capableweb 4y ago
Just a curious question: Why Discord instead of something like Zulip? I myself use both for different projects, but for OSS I tend to gravitate towards Zulip, and for closed-source ones Discord.
- spankalee 4y ago
  In large part because it seems like just about every other OSS project is on Discord these days, and Discord makes it very easy to see all your servers at once and switch between them seamlessly. We're already seeing more activity even with only some users having migrated so far (it's only been a week for us). I looked into options a while back, and had also considered Matrix which seemed to fit with open-source a lot better, but it had a relative lack of features and momentum compared to Discord. Zulip seems more like Slack, and since we liked Discord's approach and feature set too, Zulip wasn't that appealing.
danr4 4y ago
The velocity????? Discord’s product has barely changed, they move so slow, but thanks to their market dominance no one has been able to compete
- elcomet 4y ago
  This has not been my experience. Compared to slack they are moving much faster
- acedTrex 4y ago
  What? discord is iterating so rapidly API lib/bot devs can barely keep up
- vorpalhex 4y ago
  They just replaced the Android app with a react native monstrosity so slow I can read a page while it loads a conversation.
- madeofpalk 4y ago
  I think they've been iterating fairly quickly tbh. Loads of improvements for bots (slash commands, modals, buttons, message context menu api, etc), threads, these 'forum channels'. Whatever you can say about Discord's iteration speed, Slack is 100x slower.
dancemethis 4y ago
You could be a lot happier, really - in both practical and ethical segments. By using a sane alternative instead of a privacy-hostile proprietary platform.

capableweb 4y ago

Just a curious question: Why Discord instead of something like Zulip? I myself use both for different projects, but for OSS I tend to gravitate towards Zulip, and for closed-source ones Discord.

spankalee 4y ago
In large part because it seems like just about every other OSS project is on Discord these days, and Discord makes it very easy to see all your servers at once and switch between them seamlessly. We're already seeing more activity even with only some users having migrated so far (it's only been a week for us). I looked into options a while back, and had also considered Matrix which seemed to fit with open-source a lot better, but it had a relative lack of features and momentum compared to Discord. Zulip seems more like Slack, and since we liked Discord's approach and feature set too, Zulip wasn't that appealing.

danr4 4y ago

The velocity????? Discord’s product has barely changed, they move so slow, but thanks to their market dominance no one has been able to compete

elcomet 4y ago
This has not been my experience. Compared to slack they are moving much faster
acedTrex 4y ago
What? discord is iterating so rapidly API lib/bot devs can barely keep up
vorpalhex 4y ago
They just replaced the Android app with a react native monstrosity so slow I can read a page while it loads a conversation.
madeofpalk 4y ago
I think they've been iterating fairly quickly tbh. Loads of improvements for bots (slash commands, modals, buttons, message context menu api, etc), threads, these 'forum channels'. Whatever you can say about Discord's iteration speed, Slack is 100x slower.

dancemethis 4y ago

You could be a lot happier, really - in both practical and ethical segments. By using a sane alternative instead of a privacy-hostile proprietary platform.