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There is a special place in hell for software (including game) developers who exclusively use Discord to release patch notes, documentation, technical support,

There is a special place in hell for software (including game) developers who exclusively use Discord to release patch notes, documentation, technical support, etc.

__loam 1y ago
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- DaSHacka 1y ago
  Not really, when devs use discord as a hub of documentation and discussion it inherently makes the information harder to access, especially searchability-wise. You could argue "well you can just scrape it and post it online, like OP", but: 1. That's still an extra step and requires an account that could get banned doing it And 2. Others (like yourself, even!) in this thread take issue with that approach. So which is it? Just close down the information forever, yet accept no criticism about the fact you chose to host it on discord, knowing this would be the case?
  - __loam 1y ago
    The original comment wasn't "Oh this is inconvenient for me" it was "I hope they go to hell". That's a lot of entitlement in my view. If you don't want devs to run their community on discord then write your own software.
nh23423fefe 1y ago
they dont work for you?
Kiro 1y ago
Why? I follow a lot of solo game developers who only use Discord and I completely understand them not wanting do deal with multiple platforms. They should focus on on the game.
- chneu 1y ago
  Discord is horrible for this kind of stuff. There's a reason that GitHub and other type of sites exist Discord is walled and hard to search. If a channel or server closes then all that information is lost. Tons of data will be lost to discord when it goes down. Idk if you've ever tried to use discord for mods or other software but it sucks. It's confusing. Information isn't cataloged well. It's search sucks. It just isn't good for this kind of thing.
  - Kiro 1y ago
    What kind of stuff? Gamers want to talk about the game and engage with the developers. GitHub must be the absolute worst alternative.
    - chneu 1y ago
      I'm talking software and modifications to games. Stuff you have to download. Discord becomes a maze of random posts going back years with links to expired third party sites. Searching them is difficult and time consuming. Then it all changes based on which server you're on and how those people decided to do it, so none of your experience from the previous server transfers.
  - wswope 1y ago
    Github is walled and hard to search now too. Not as bad as discord yet, but headed there.

There is a special place in hell for software (including game) developers who exclusively use Discord to release patch notes, documentation, technical support, etc.

__loam 1y ago

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DaSHacka 1y ago
Not really, when devs use discord as a hub of documentation and discussion it inherently makes the information harder to access, especially searchability-wise. You could argue "well you can just scrape it and post it online, like OP", but: 1. That's still an extra step and requires an account that could get banned doing it And 2. Others (like yourself, even!) in this thread take issue with that approach. So which is it? Just close down the information forever, yet accept no criticism about the fact you chose to host it on discord, knowing this would be the case?
- __loam 1y ago
  The original comment wasn't "Oh this is inconvenient for me" it was "I hope they go to hell". That's a lot of entitlement in my view. If you don't want devs to run their community on discord then write your own software.

nh23423fefe 1y ago

they dont work for you?

Kiro 1y ago

Why? I follow a lot of solo game developers who only use Discord and I completely understand them not wanting do deal with multiple platforms. They should focus on on the game.

chneu 1y ago
Discord is horrible for this kind of stuff. There's a reason that GitHub and other type of sites exist Discord is walled and hard to search. If a channel or server closes then all that information is lost. Tons of data will be lost to discord when it goes down. Idk if you've ever tried to use discord for mods or other software but it sucks. It's confusing. Information isn't cataloged well. It's search sucks. It just isn't good for this kind of thing.
- Kiro 1y ago
  What kind of stuff? Gamers want to talk about the game and engage with the developers. GitHub must be the absolute worst alternative.
  - chneu 1y ago
    I'm talking software and modifications to games. Stuff you have to download. Discord becomes a maze of random posts going back years with links to expired third party sites. Searching them is difficult and time consuming. Then it all changes based on which server you're on and how those people decided to do it, so none of your experience from the previous server transfers.
- wswope 1y ago
  Github is walled and hard to search now too. Not as bad as discord yet, but headed there.