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Discord is also an especially bad choice, at least for two reasons: it is not searchable, and everything might be gone at any point for any reason, when discord

Discord is also an especially bad choice, at least for two reasons: it is not searchable, and everything might be gone at any point for any reason, when discord or its automated algorithms feel like it.

pacifika 3y ago
How is it less searchable than slack?
- Gabrys1 3y ago
  The assumption is that forum is viewable by guests (including Google) and Slack is not, so to search the Slack history you need to log in to Slack and use the Slack search (which might be broken / paid in the future, etc)
sholladay 3y ago
I haven’t tried it yet but the somewhat new Discord Forum Channels feature would seem to solve some of your concerns. https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/6208479917079-Forum-Channels-FAQ https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/6208479917079-...
- MrDrMcCoy 3y ago
  Not entirely. 3rd-party search engines still can't reach these, thus reducing discoverability.
jayflux 3y ago
As far as I understand, none of the real time chats are searchable, I don’t know why Discord keeps getting singled out in this area.
- Kye 3y ago
  It's the real time chat all the things people want to search are moving to. Minecraft mod? "Find us on Discord!" Hot new indie game? "Find us on Discord!" Interesting little open source project? "Find us on Discord!" 30 year old forum shutting down? "Find us on Discord!"
popinman322 3y ago
As someone who participates in relatively high information density Discord servers (mostly ML related), search is rarely a problem for me. Yes, you need to do keyword search, but it's not the end of the world-- whenever I've needed to find a message 1-3 years back, I've found it successfully. Even in servers that I'm relatively new to.
- MrDrMcCoy 3y ago
  I believe they meant "not searchable from an external search engine", which is a serious issue in many people's view (including mine). I would also suggest that it's a problem that chats are not browsable, because if you're new to a particular problem, you may not know what keywords you need to search for. With a forum, there are categories you can browse and usually discover the keywords you need much easier.
  - SirMaster 3y ago
    It can be searchable from a search engine. https://www.answeroverflow.com/ https://www.answeroverflow.com/
    - LorenzoGood 3y ago
      That ain't google
      - SirMaster 3y ago
        It's indexed by Google... https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aansweroverflow.com+c%23+the+modifier+private+is+not+valid+for+this+item https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aansweroverflow.com+c%...
SirMaster 3y ago
Discord is, or at least can be indexed and searchable. Same as IRC chats become indexed and searchable. https://www.answeroverflow.com/ https://www.answeroverflow.com/

pacifika 3y ago

How is it less searchable than slack?

Gabrys1 3y ago
The assumption is that forum is viewable by guests (including Google) and Slack is not, so to search the Slack history you need to log in to Slack and use the Slack search (which might be broken / paid in the future, etc)

sholladay 3y ago

I haven’t tried it yet but the somewhat new Discord Forum Channels feature would seem to solve some of your concerns. https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/6208479917079-Forum-Channels-FAQ https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/6208479917079-...

MrDrMcCoy 3y ago
Not entirely. 3rd-party search engines still can't reach these, thus reducing discoverability.

jayflux 3y ago

As far as I understand, none of the real time chats are searchable, I don’t know why Discord keeps getting singled out in this area.

Kye 3y ago
It's the real time chat all the things people want to search are moving to. Minecraft mod? "Find us on Discord!" Hot new indie game? "Find us on Discord!" Interesting little open source project? "Find us on Discord!" 30 year old forum shutting down? "Find us on Discord!"

popinman322 3y ago

As someone who participates in relatively high information density Discord servers (mostly ML related), search is rarely a problem for me. Yes, you need to do keyword search, but it's not the end of the world-- whenever I've needed to find a message 1-3 years back, I've found it successfully. Even in servers that I'm relatively new to.

MrDrMcCoy 3y ago
I believe they meant "not searchable from an external search engine", which is a serious issue in many people's view (including mine). I would also suggest that it's a problem that chats are not browsable, because if you're new to a particular problem, you may not know what keywords you need to search for. With a forum, there are categories you can browse and usually discover the keywords you need much easier.
- SirMaster 3y ago
  It can be searchable from a search engine. https://www.answeroverflow.com/ https://www.answeroverflow.com/
  - LorenzoGood 3y ago
    That ain't google
    - SirMaster 3y ago
      It's indexed by Google... https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aansweroverflow.com+c%23+the+modifier+private+is+not+valid+for+this+item https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aansweroverflow.com+c%...

SirMaster 3y ago

Discord is, or at least can be indexed and searchable. Same as IRC chats become indexed and searchable. https://www.answeroverflow.com/ https://www.answeroverflow.com/