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I agree, but I’d also argue discord or Slack does this, in the same way that IRC did; you essentially spin up separate servers and thus separate communities. Su
by borski 4y ago
I agree, but I’d also argue discord or Slack does this, in the same way that IRC did; you essentially spin up separate servers and thus separate communities. Sure, it’s still hosted by a central entity, but the moderation and discourse is all yours to manage.
- TobyTheDog123 4y agoI have no idea how I blanked on Discord. To me Slack still screams "business tool" and "only business tool," but you're very much right regardless. There's also Reddit (to an extent)
- josephcsible 4y ago> the moderation and discourse is all yours to manage. No it isn't. Look at all the things https://discord.com/guidelines https://discord.com/guidelines and https://slack.com/acceptable-use-policy https://slack.com/acceptable-use-policy say you can't do. For example, Discord bans sharing cheats for even single-player games, and Slack bans discussing ideas for a chat app of your own.
- borski 4y agoOK fine, I stand corrected. But my larger point was that the movement toward these types of communities / services is indicative of the article’s thesis being correct, in general.