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Finding a playing partner through email isn't a good system either. You're trying to find an opponent with similar skills but you're contacting everyone on the

Finding a playing partner through email isn't a good system either. You're trying to find an opponent with similar skills but you're contacting everyone on the list, so most of the communication is falling onto the wrong people. You could fix that by having several lists for distinct player level ranges but now you've got 5 lists and that's a different can of worms especially for people right on the border of 2 levels Then you've got the problem of receiving too many emails, so you make a rule to auto-sort them into a folder (note how you wouldn't have to do that if you were using something other than email) - god forbid you're 28 and work in a field that doesn't use email like construction so you're unfamiliar with auto-sorts and inbox rules, so you just get your inbox flooded and it's a pain in the ass. We're quick to say that discord is confusing but email has its complexity Then you invite someone to play and receive 7 answers, so you've got to send 6 "Sorry, I found already found someone!" . But email doesn't have a "delete" button so you might have to send another email to inform people that they don't need to respond anymore. You'll keep receiving messages about it 6 days later anyway because some people read their emails from the bottom up. >Discord is such a pain to deal with. It's great for communities A local bridge club is a community I think what they'd need is just a custom website to be honest

robertlagrant 3y ago
If that's the problem, then an app or website is definitely the solution! Discord would just add friction. LiBridge? (-:
- TylerE 3y ago
  There are already several major online playing sites. BridgeBase is the most popular, but isn’t especially good - got bought out by a French competitor a few years ago and what has followed is… explicit monetization. They’ve got the exclusive deal with the ACBl for a few years still? Though, which really limits the appeal Of competitors, at least to the North American market. Like, imagine if one of the chess sites let you pay, say, 25 cents, to make a game between two FIDE members to play rated games online.
jeroenhd 3y ago
Discord has the same problem email has except now you also end up with people starting discussions or posting memes in the middle of your search for people to play against. I can only imagine the chaos of elderly people trying to manage young people on Discord. Email lists work fine for the existing club members so I don't see why they would suddenly become a problem now. My guess is that young people don't know how to use email or their clients suck at reading email threads, but you'd have the same problem the other way around if you were to try to push old people into smartphone apps. The argument between mailing lists and Discord seems to be "that's what this groups is mostly using so the other solution is bad". I agree that a website would fix most of the issues, especially when it comes to communicating things to the group. Just a boring old phpbb forum would probably suffice, though you'd need to limit registration to actual club members if you want to keep out the trolls.
- sebstefan 3y ago
  Where did I say they should use Discord? You're the one who said it's great for communities
  - jeroenhd 3y ago
    It's great for communities, but not for organising anything within that community. The point I'm trying to make is that the perceived difficulties are part of any communication system. You need communication, because just a website isn't enough for finding people to team up with. I've seen all the problems you have with email happen in Discord servers that weren't even trying to organise anything.

robertlagrant 3y ago

If that's the problem, then an app or website is definitely the solution! Discord would just add friction. LiBridge? (-:

TylerE 3y ago
There are already several major online playing sites. BridgeBase is the most popular, but isn’t especially good - got bought out by a French competitor a few years ago and what has followed is… explicit monetization. They’ve got the exclusive deal with the ACBl for a few years still? Though, which really limits the appeal Of competitors, at least to the North American market. Like, imagine if one of the chess sites let you pay, say, 25 cents, to make a game between two FIDE members to play rated games online.

jeroenhd 3y ago

Discord has the same problem email has except now you also end up with people starting discussions or posting memes in the middle of your search for people to play against. I can only imagine the chaos of elderly people trying to manage young people on Discord. Email lists work fine for the existing club members so I don't see why they would suddenly become a problem now. My guess is that young people don't know how to use email or their clients suck at reading email threads, but you'd have the same problem the other way around if you were to try to push old people into smartphone apps. The argument between mailing lists and Discord seems to be "that's what this groups is mostly using so the other solution is bad". I agree that a website would fix most of the issues, especially when it comes to communicating things to the group. Just a boring old phpbb forum would probably suffice, though you'd need to limit registration to actual club members if you want to keep out the trolls.

sebstefan 3y ago
Where did I say they should use Discord? You're the one who said it's great for communities
- jeroenhd 3y ago
  It's great for communities, but not for organising anything within that community. The point I'm trying to make is that the perceived difficulties are part of any communication system. You need communication, because just a website isn't enough for finding people to team up with. I've seen all the problems you have with email happen in Discord servers that weren't even trying to organise anything.