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> Fascinating to see people expecting everything to work out of the box whilst being writter from scratch. (Sarcastically saying something is interesting is so

by Y_Y 2y ago

> Fascinating to see people expecting everything to work out of the box whilst being writter from scratch. (Sarcastically saying something is interesting is something I find distasteful.) Anyway the irony is that the project chose to use a discussion platform which uses lots of modern web cruft and would be a big challenge for a new browser, when they could have chosen a (maybe less capable) simpler platform like IRC or some simple web forum which would more likely have run on Ladybird.

codetrotter 2y ago
They used to use IRC in the beginning.
hailruda 2y ago
Chosing Discord was a deliberate choice. I remember when Serenity was using IRC as the only communication channel and immediately after setting up a new Discord server the community gravitated towards it. Infact, the number of community members sky rocketed. The fact is, Discord as a platform is more accessible compared to IRC.
- diggan 2y ago
  > The fact is, Discord as a platform is more accessible compared to IRC. Guess it depends on what you mean with "accessible". In terms of accessibility for impaired users, IRC is a open protocol vs a service that disallows 3rd party clients. I'm sure there exists better options for IRC than Discord, and at the very least, IRC allows you to access it however you want, be it visual, textual, voice control or whatever. Besides, Discord being a US company, need to prevent users from Cuba, Iran, Syria (and NK) and is also banned in a bunch of countries like China, UAE and Egypt. So in that sense, Discord seems less accessible than IRC. Only remaining part is that Discord has a somewhat easier "getting setup" UX than IRC for younger users, as it's more similar to the type of services they're probably already use.
- philistine 2y ago
  Sounds like someone should work on Discord-ifying IRC to make it more palatable for the modern user.
  - ranger_danger 2y ago
    That would be Matrix.

by Y_Y 2y ago

codetrotter 2y ago

They used to use IRC in the beginning.

hailruda 2y ago

Chosing Discord was a deliberate choice. I remember when Serenity was using IRC as the only communication channel and immediately after setting up a new Discord server the community gravitated towards it. Infact, the number of community members sky rocketed. The fact is, Discord as a platform is more accessible compared to IRC.

diggan 2y ago
> The fact is, Discord as a platform is more accessible compared to IRC. Guess it depends on what you mean with "accessible". In terms of accessibility for impaired users, IRC is a open protocol vs a service that disallows 3rd party clients. I'm sure there exists better options for IRC than Discord, and at the very least, IRC allows you to access it however you want, be it visual, textual, voice control or whatever. Besides, Discord being a US company, need to prevent users from Cuba, Iran, Syria (and NK) and is also banned in a bunch of countries like China, UAE and Egypt. So in that sense, Discord seems less accessible than IRC. Only remaining part is that Discord has a somewhat easier "getting setup" UX than IRC for younger users, as it's more similar to the type of services they're probably already use.
philistine 2y ago
Sounds like someone should work on Discord-ifying IRC to make it more palatable for the modern user.
- ranger_danger 2y ago
  That would be Matrix.