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Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?

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Post by jncfhnb »

wavemode wrote: post #38
jncfhnb wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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).

Seems hard to square spam being more of a problem in discord when visible spam is observably much less than in other forums

Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?

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Post by 3np »

skidd0 wrote: post #26
rane wrote: post #5

Just 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.

You will quickly get flagged/banned and/or asked for a phone number/email address for verification. I've lost 2 accounts to this.

I refuse Discord after eventually having every account get blocked pending phone-number verification. In my country that's effectively KYC (impossible to get a SIM card without govt ID).

Depending on IP and usage, this may happen at any point between registration and several years later.

Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?

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Post by whyoh »

solardev wrote: post #8

What about just an old fashioned forum? Discourse (not Discord) is still around and is great for threading.

To me an old fashioned forum would be something like phpBB. Discourse-style forums are relatively new and IMHO much worse in terms of UI. I really don't get the appeal.

Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?

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Post by rcarmo »

I honestly don’t get chat for communities (and I spent a lot of time in IRC). Without starch and structure, knowledge is constantly being lost and there is no way for newcomers to quickly get up to speed if they happen to be a timezone or two away from the “core” community. Forums and Discourse are so much better that I have to ask why it isn’t obvious.

Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?

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Post by jauntywundrkind »

Zambyte wrote: post #2

Zulip is a pretty nice option https://zulip.com/

Zulip is stellar. I'd kind of forgotten about it, but I went on Bytecode Alliance's Zulip recently it was so much better having threads and conversation interleaved together like they do. I was quickly able to assess the last couple months, and subscribe to a couple async ongoing threads. Rarely have I experienced a chat system so able to be async.

Re: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?

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Post by solardev »

whyoh wrote: post #45
solardev wrote: post #8

What about just an old fashioned forum? Discourse (not Discord) is still around and is great for threading.

To me an old fashioned forum would be something like phpBB. Discourse-style forums are relatively new and IMHO much worse in terms of UI. I really don't get the appeal.

What don't you like about Discourse?

I grew up in the phpbb/vBulletin era, and even back then it was a common complaint when Discourse first came out. Never quite understood the hate myself, but I'd love to hear your thoughts?

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