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Off the top of my head: It's easy to use, nice-looking, easy to create your own community (in seconds), feature-rich, and completely free. The downside of thin

by bjord 3y ago

Off the top of my head: It's easy to use, nice-looking, easy to create your own community (in seconds), feature-rich, and completely free. The downside of things not being searchable/preserved long-term is not all that important to people. Obviously, it'll lead to a lot of information being lost, but I think people (particularly young people) have difficulty thinking long-term.

hardware2win 3y ago
Why you folks act in this thread as if sharing and making everything googlable should be "by default"? I dont want you to be able to read messages of my mmorpg team, privacy is desired.
- bjord 3y ago
  I think it's important to highlight the difference between private group chats (e.g. the discord I have with my high school friends) and community hubs. For example, some discord servers serve as the entire knowledge base for some open source projects. I'm only advocating for preservation of the latter.
  - Jcowell 3y ago
    does it ? I sounds like it’s less for knowledge basing and more so for if you have a question this is where we’re at you can come ask.
    - esafak 3y ago
      If you have a question, you have a knowledge problem. That's why asked the question in the first place! If knowledge was more accessible, you would ask fewer questions.
pleb_nz 3y ago
It ain't nice looking IMO, it reminds me if a kids toy, one for 2 year olds with bright colours, over sized buttons, wasted space etc etc.
- bjord 3y ago
  Can I ask which generation you're a member of? I truly think different demographics prefer different styling. FWIW, I personally prefer to use old reddit and like the layout of HN, but can also appreciate Discord's styling.
- noirbot 3y ago
  You can definitely tune to to be a lot tighter - there's UX settings that make it far more minimal, or let you collapse things down.
- ssnistfajen 3y ago
  >bright colours, over sized buttons, wasted space That has been the dominant web design paradigm for close to a decade now. Discord is just following industry trends.

by bjord 3y ago

hardware2win 3y ago

Why you folks act in this thread as if sharing and making everything googlable should be "by default"? I dont want you to be able to read messages of my mmorpg team, privacy is desired.

bjord 3y ago
I think it's important to highlight the difference between private group chats (e.g. the discord I have with my high school friends) and community hubs. For example, some discord servers serve as the entire knowledge base for some open source projects. I'm only advocating for preservation of the latter.
- Jcowell 3y ago
  does it ? I sounds like it’s less for knowledge basing and more so for if you have a question this is where we’re at you can come ask.
  - esafak 3y ago
    If you have a question, you have a knowledge problem. That's why asked the question in the first place! If knowledge was more accessible, you would ask fewer questions.

pleb_nz 3y ago

It ain't nice looking IMO, it reminds me if a kids toy, one for 2 year olds with bright colours, over sized buttons, wasted space etc etc.

bjord 3y ago
Can I ask which generation you're a member of? I truly think different demographics prefer different styling. FWIW, I personally prefer to use old reddit and like the layout of HN, but can also appreciate Discord's styling.
noirbot 3y ago
You can definitely tune to to be a lot tighter - there's UX settings that make it far more minimal, or let you collapse things down.
ssnistfajen 3y ago
>bright colours, over sized buttons, wasted space That has been the dominant web design paradigm for close to a decade now. Discord is just following industry trends.