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Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
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Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#32when I was building finclout, I thought it makes more sense to organize conversations horizontally and vertically instead of the current UI paradigm where everything is vertically scrolling.
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#33when I was building finclout, I thought it makes more sense to organize conversations horizontally and vertically instead of the current UI paradigm where everything is vertically scrolling.
This makes my scroll wheel sad.
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
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Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
TBH I consider that a feature, to guard against spam and trolls. My ideal project forum is one where anyone on the internet can read the forum, but contributing to the forum requires some bare minimum effort of creating and verifying a new account. Both of those are the opposite of what Discord does.
Idk if I have ever seen a spam account on a tech support forum. Like not a single spam post. Edit: on a discord*
Have you ever managed one? I have, and it's a regular occurrence. Though not necessarily something that ends up being visible to every user (unless you happen to be around precisely when it happens, before we delete the content).
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
TBH I consider that a feature, to guard against spam and trolls. My ideal project forum is one where anyone on the internet can read the forum, but contributing to the forum requires some bare minimum effort of creating and verifying a new account. Both of those are the opposite of what Discord does.
> TBH I consider that a feature, to guard against spam and trolls. It doesn't stop spam and trolls though, that will always exist, it stops real users who can't be bothered with yet another account.
I frankly don't mourn the loss of users "who can't be bothered with yet another account". Putting thought and effort into forum interactions takes longer than creating an account, so someone incapable of the latter is usually incapable of the former.
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#40Zulip is a pretty nice option https://zulip.com/
The idea behind Zulip is great, but the UI is horrible. (Slow, clunky, ugly)
Developers can put up with it, but regular people will hate it.