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I spent so many years on SA and Homebrewtalk and they were both such rich communities. Discord is nice and all (and seems to be where things are going) but ther
by saltylicorice 4y ago
I spent so many years on SA and Homebrewtalk and they were both such rich communities. Discord is nice and all (and seems to be where things are going) but there's something overwhelming about chat that was really cozy about forums.
(everything2 was incredible back when it was active and I really wish there was something like that again too)
- tommica 4y agoProblem with discord is that it is still just a chat, with forums a newbie has a lot of threads to go through, lots of specific content to consume.
- herodoturtle 4y agoYup agreed - and also forums are particularly suitable to the introverted lurkers among us ^_^
- Matl 4y agoDiscord is attempting to have something more like forums[1], but as am not a heavy Discord user I haven't tried it myself. I used to run a phpBB forum and there was something about being an admin of a forum where people you didn't know in real life came to talk. The fact that Discord distorts the term 'server' to mean 'a channel managed by us' irks me. 1 - https://discord.com/blog/forum-channels-space-for-organized-conversation https://discord.com/blog/forum-channels-space-for-organized-...
- hunter2_ 4y agoI've gleaned that they use 'server' as something more like a 'workspace' in Slack: a set of channels and people. Odd, either way.
- rchaud 4y agoSquare pegs into round holes. Discord's thread UI is identical to Slack's, and they're both useless for any discussions larger than ~50 messages or ~5 people.