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So like IRC? It's not like this was a new problem, we've had this problem in the past. Not everybody liked mailing lists/forums 20 years ago either.

by Operyl 3y ago

eddythompson80 3y ago
Sure, like IRC but with a better interface,
- TylerE 3y ago
  And no netsplits/nickserv insanity.
  - Operyl 3y ago
    Or people purchasing a holding company and proceeding to take over the entire volunteer ran network a few years later. :)
    - eddythompson80 3y ago
      Luckily since there is no expectation of an archive, migration is fairly straightforward if there is an alternative. If there are no alternatives, I guess they can try IRC ;)
- RadiozRadioz 3y ago
  Better? Sure, for you maybe. Overwhelmingly the word I'd use to describe Discord's interface is "one". There is one interface. It's an interface that most people seem to like, but we've lost an important freedom there. It's against the EULA to modify your client or use an alternative one. If with IRC one can have any interface, I would not call Discord's better.
  - eddythompson80 3y ago
    Maybe it changed, but how do you share a screenshot on IRC?
    - RadiozRadioz 3y ago
      Use Pidgin or The Lounge and do it like normal. Whether we should be using text chat clients as FTP clients is another issue, XMPP is better for multimedia messaging.
    - voyagerfan5761 3y ago
      Some modern clients (or clients-as-services) build in image/file sharing.
Forgotthepass8 3y ago
IRC had a higher barrier to entry and a lot more common expectation of kickbans for various reasons (justified or not). Plus the concept of +v doesn't really exist on discords. Sometimes you'd be stuck lurking while only a select few could speak. And frankly being able to embed images/videos degrades the seriousness in various ways as it can become a bit of a meme/comedy competition (and they scroll disproportionately more text off. And avatars mean less space is actually text.. <[@+]?shortnick>: <text> is pretty much the optimal format for information density, which is ironic that twitch chat uses it (to mostly spam emotes)

So like IRC? It's not like this was a new problem, we've had this problem in the past. Not everybody liked mailing lists/forums 20 years ago either.

by Operyl 3y ago

So like IRC? It's not like this was a new problem, we've had this problem in the past. Not everybody liked mailing lists/forums 20 years ago either.

eddythompson80 3y ago

Sure, like IRC but with a better interface,

TylerE 3y ago
And no netsplits/nickserv insanity.
- Operyl 3y ago
  Or people purchasing a holding company and proceeding to take over the entire volunteer ran network a few years later. :)
  - eddythompson80 3y ago
    Luckily since there is no expectation of an archive, migration is fairly straightforward if there is an alternative. If there are no alternatives, I guess they can try IRC ;)
RadiozRadioz 3y ago
Better? Sure, for you maybe. Overwhelmingly the word I'd use to describe Discord's interface is "one". There is one interface. It's an interface that most people seem to like, but we've lost an important freedom there. It's against the EULA to modify your client or use an alternative one. If with IRC one can have any interface, I would not call Discord's better.
- eddythompson80 3y ago
  Maybe it changed, but how do you share a screenshot on IRC?
  - RadiozRadioz 3y ago
    Use Pidgin or The Lounge and do it like normal. Whether we should be using text chat clients as FTP clients is another issue, XMPP is better for multimedia messaging.
  - voyagerfan5761 3y ago
    Some modern clients (or clients-as-services) build in image/file sharing.

Forgotthepass8 3y ago

IRC had a higher barrier to entry and a lot more common expectation of kickbans for various reasons (justified or not). Plus the concept of +v doesn't really exist on discords. Sometimes you'd be stuck lurking while only a select few could speak. And frankly being able to embed images/videos degrades the seriousness in various ways as it can become a bit of a meme/comedy competition (and they scroll disproportionately more text off. And avatars mean less space is actually text.. <[@+]?shortnick>: <text> is pretty much the optimal format for information density, which is ironic that twitch chat uses it (to mostly spam emotes)