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Maybe. But I wonder how much of a healthy community collapses when you are forced to make a switch from, say, Discord to some alternative tool. Building and mai
by rapnie 3y ago
Maybe. But I wonder how much of a healthy community collapses when you are forced to make a switch from, say, Discord to some alternative tool. Building and maintaining healthy communities requires tremendous amount of effort, especially when they are large. So you should weigh the benefits of a convenient tool to the amount of effort that may go to waste if that tool no longer fits the bill.
- Buttons840 3y agoMaybe, but that would be part of "community over tools". If one tool results in a smaller but better community, then sure, it's worth it. I suppose the real problem of using proprietary tools for a larger community is the marginalized people. Like, if Discord didn't allow people from a certain country. It's a tradeoff between having as large a community as possible and making sure you include everyone, even those with uncommon circumstances. That's a tradeoff that gets made in many situation I think.