Anyone aware of a user community product that has the simplicity of chat threads without the complexity of Discord/Slack? We’re trying to build a space where people can give feedback and meet other users but most in our audience don’t already use Discord (and wouldn’t find a ton of value in it to make it worth the download).
Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
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#2Zulip is a pretty nice option
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#3Kosmi
https://kosmi.io
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#4What do you mean by complexity? How is using any other solution less complicated?
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#5Just one correction that Discord does not have to be downloaded as it works in the browser also. And you don't even need to provide an email address at first. As such, the barrier of entry is quite low.
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#6If most of your audience doesn't use Discord, you're in a good spot. In the web dev world, so many projects use Discord that it's a massive benefit to just be in the server list with them. I felt my project had to use Discord.
It's been a while since I investigated solutions, but I really wanted Matrix to be viable at the time. I would check out https://element.io/ and see if it works for you.
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#7Theres gitter.im and the various "Matrix" clients but honestly it's horrible, it's the Linux desktop of chat.
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#8What about just an old fashioned forum? Discourse (not Discord) is still around and is great for threading.
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#9What do you mean by complexity? How is using any other solution less complicated?
Discord's UX feels quite bad. It's overwhelming and readability is bad.
That'd be my biggest complain when it comes to "complexity".
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#10Element