The big problem Discord solves is that nobody wants to create YetAnotherForumAccount.
Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
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Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#12Have a look at Discourse
https://www.discourse.org/
Also, BuddyPress has a new major update (v14) that's worth checking out.
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#13Zulip is a pretty nice option https://zulip.com/
The only option imo.
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#14I'd also say Matrix, as this is where the most communities are today that are not on propietary platforms.
Although the UX is not that great, when logging in via a new device, as it takes long to do the first sync (the new syncv3 protocol is supposed to fix this but it's still in beta)
A direct Slack alternative would be mattermost.
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#15What 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".
Never heard this complaint ever. I would argue all other solutions that are usable for the majority of people have much worse UX.
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#16The big problem Discord solves is that nobody wants to create YetAnotherForumAccount.
do people really consider this that much of a hassle
takes 1 minute to do
and no need to make/remember passwords with a password manager
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#17OSM recently migrated to Discourse instead
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
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Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
#19The big problem Discord solves is that nobody wants to create YetAnotherForumAccount.
IMO Discord is a non-starter for many tech people due to privacy issues and frequent/random phone number requirements. I and many others are completely unable to use it even if we wanted to, because immediately after logging in you get hit with a phone wall. Not everyone gets this but it indeed happens to a wide enough array of people to be quite problematic IMO.
Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?
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web3/crypto warning for anyone looking at this