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In addition to the reasons described there (which are valid, and I agree that they are good reasons to avoid Discord), there are others, such as, you might not
by zzo38computer 8mo ago
In addition to the reasons described there (which are valid, and I agree that they are good reasons to avoid Discord), there are others, such as, you might not have a telephone number (or you do, but it cannot receive SMS), and you might not want to require everyone to register with someone else unrelated to your project. (Also, I have seen that apparently Discord will require face scan, so that is another reason to be avoided; if you do not have a camera (or if you do not want to send a face scan to them) then that will not work.) (And, you should also avoid needing Facebook, etc)
However, I think that IRC can be useful. IRC is not the same as Slack and Discord like they mention, but often the other things are not needed, and IRC also is not too complicated to use and does not require a large web app or other stuff like that, which is a significant advantage of IRC. Also, another thing they did not mention, which can be helpful, is NNTP, which can be used both for announcements and for discussion, like email can be. This way, no web apps are needed, and email subscriptions are not needed; however, it can also be bridged with email if needed.
- winterbloom 8mo agoNormal people find discord to be more user friendly than irc
- trollbridge 8mo agoLikewise, normal people do not find NNTP to be user friendly.
- pamcake 8mo agoGood thing anyone is allowed to make a more user-friendly IRC client so that can be improved on, then. As long as we all follow protocols my choice of client doesnt concern you even as we chat in the same room. IRC does not proscribe any particular UI or UX. . For vertically integrated propriatery closed Discord it's both forbidden and made difficult. There is one alternative and you take it or leave it. Hopefully the latter. There's a reason clients like ripcord never make it.
- em-bee 8mo agowasn't slack initially built on top of IRC? they had at least support for IRC clients, much like google message or however it was called at the time used to support jabber/XMPP clients. well, there is another alternative, namely the EU laws forcing interoperability. i don't know if they have passed yet, or how likely it is that they will pass, but i seem to remember a recent announcement of one system going to be interoperable with whatsapp.