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Discord has the momentum but overall I just find the experience awful. It would be nice to use anything else at this point. Joining a server with greater than

Discord has the momentum but overall I just find the experience awful. It would be nice to use anything else at this point. Joining a server with greater than a handful of people is just a nightmare and practically unusable.

zadikian 8mo ago
Isn't this usually cause the admin went overboard? Like a server of 10 people has 30 channels, one of which is a lobby you have to clear first, and 10 bots telling you that you leveled up or whatever.
- pavel_lishin 8mo ago
  The hardest part about joining a new-but-small-but-not-that-small Discord server is convincing the server admin to turn off the stupid "click this button to spam the channel with a gigantic dancing emoji to welcome newcomers". It kills any ongoing conversation, and imo, convinces newcomers that people don't so much chat in that Discord as they just press shiny buttons.
  - zadikian 8mo ago
    "That's why we have a separate #welcome channel"
carshodev 8mo ago
I think it depends on how the servers are setup. Chat channels with 1000s people participating are typically worthless as the signal to noise ratio ruins it. But when the majority of conversations are happening in forums/thread style channels then it works well. You can still have some more niche chat style sections where typically 2-10 people participate Chat channels are also fine for lots of people when its not about conversations but more just about sharing things. Like a "Share what you build" or "memes" channel work well as tons of messages are fine as you only care to see a few anyway. Also limited size voice channels can be good aswell 5 people max.
- nightski 8mo ago
  My thought is that it just doesn't make sense to have a product which serves both communities of 1,000+ people and a small group of <50 friends. You end up making far too many compromises. I used to just engage with my friends. Now it feels like a really noisy reddit. Sure I could leave all of them, but that is kind of my point. There is an identity crises for the product.
  - ThrowawayTestr 8mo ago
    Your experience is largely dictated by the person that set up the server. If you want, make your own and keep it small.
    - nightski 8mo ago
      What I am saying is that discord as a product has an inferior experience for small communities because it tries to cater all. It's just not a fun product to use.
      - ThrowawayTestr 8mo ago
        I'm not sure I understand but I hope you can find an alternative that fits your needs.
  - zadikian 8mo ago
    Did the "forum channels" feature not help handle the huge server usecase? I've only barely been in one.
    - gzread 8mo ago
      Forum channels are poor replacements for actual forums

zadikian 8mo ago

Isn't this usually cause the admin went overboard? Like a server of 10 people has 30 channels, one of which is a lobby you have to clear first, and 10 bots telling you that you leveled up or whatever.

pavel_lishin 8mo ago
The hardest part about joining a new-but-small-but-not-that-small Discord server is convincing the server admin to turn off the stupid "click this button to spam the channel with a gigantic dancing emoji to welcome newcomers". It kills any ongoing conversation, and imo, convinces newcomers that people don't so much chat in that Discord as they just press shiny buttons.
- zadikian 8mo ago
  "That's why we have a separate #welcome channel"

carshodev 8mo ago

I think it depends on how the servers are setup. Chat channels with 1000s people participating are typically worthless as the signal to noise ratio ruins it. But when the majority of conversations are happening in forums/thread style channels then it works well. You can still have some more niche chat style sections where typically 2-10 people participate Chat channels are also fine for lots of people when its not about conversations but more just about sharing things. Like a "Share what you build" or "memes" channel work well as tons of messages are fine as you only care to see a few anyway. Also limited size voice channels can be good aswell 5 people max.

nightski 8mo ago
My thought is that it just doesn't make sense to have a product which serves both communities of 1,000+ people and a small group of <50 friends. You end up making far too many compromises. I used to just engage with my friends. Now it feels like a really noisy reddit. Sure I could leave all of them, but that is kind of my point. There is an identity crises for the product.
- ThrowawayTestr 8mo ago
  Your experience is largely dictated by the person that set up the server. If you want, make your own and keep it small.
  - nightski 8mo ago
    What I am saying is that discord as a product has an inferior experience for small communities because it tries to cater all. It's just not a fun product to use.
    - ThrowawayTestr 8mo ago
      I'm not sure I understand but I hope you can find an alternative that fits your needs.
- zadikian 8mo ago
  Did the "forum channels" feature not help handle the huge server usecase? I've only barely been in one.
  - gzread 8mo ago
    Forum channels are poor replacements for actual forums