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Young people love it. Slack isn't right for "communities" as it's very specifically marketed as a work tool (and it's unless for community organizing building w

by neom 3y ago

Young people love it. Slack isn't right for "communities" as it's very specifically marketed as a work tool (and it's unless for community organizing building with how it's structured money wise now). IRC is probably too difficult an idea for young people to get behind + they like streaming their video games and movies. I guess it's like if teamspeak meets irc. Either way, if you wanna get old people and young people together for some community and want the tech to be low friction, discord seems to bridge that gap very well.

dangus 3y ago
More specifically, Slack’s payment model makes it impossible to use for communities. With Discord if you want premium stuff you pay for it at an individual level, and having the free tier doesn’t limit important functionality like message history. With Slack your workspace’s cost is based on how many people are members in the workspace. You can’t have one member decide to buy a premium subscription and another one decide not to. You’re either all in on paying money for every user or you’re stuck on a gimped free version that hides message history and has other limitations.
- eatonphil 3y ago
  Yep, Slack's pricing is terrible for communities. I have a community Discord with 2.8k people with full history. If that were on Slack it would be $25,000/month?
  - avgDev 3y ago
    That's crazy, it seems like a such a simple thing? It is mostly text with emojis and memes. As someone who experienced online chat rooms, forums and IRC....it is crazy to me that something like Slack is even successful.
TillE 3y ago
Several years ago we crossed the point where everyone is on Discord because everyone is on Discord. Also it's free, of course. And there's a bunch of neat features that are somewhat unique, like using roles to sign up for specific types of announcements. It can be a chat room, or a forum, or voice/video chat, or a substitute for email notifications, or all of the above. I think that versatility is important too.

by neom 3y ago

dangus 3y ago

More specifically, Slack’s payment model makes it impossible to use for communities. With Discord if you want premium stuff you pay for it at an individual level, and having the free tier doesn’t limit important functionality like message history. With Slack your workspace’s cost is based on how many people are members in the workspace. You can’t have one member decide to buy a premium subscription and another one decide not to. You’re either all in on paying money for every user or you’re stuck on a gimped free version that hides message history and has other limitations.

eatonphil 3y ago
Yep, Slack's pricing is terrible for communities. I have a community Discord with 2.8k people with full history. If that were on Slack it would be $25,000/month?
- avgDev 3y ago
  That's crazy, it seems like a such a simple thing? It is mostly text with emojis and memes. As someone who experienced online chat rooms, forums and IRC....it is crazy to me that something like Slack is even successful.

TillE 3y ago

Several years ago we crossed the point where everyone is on Discord because everyone is on Discord. Also it's free, of course. And there's a bunch of neat features that are somewhat unique, like using roles to sign up for specific types of announcements. It can be a chat room, or a forum, or voice/video chat, or a substitute for email notifications, or all of the above. I think that versatility is important too.