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Post by WorldMaker »

dorchadas wrote: post #161
WorldMaker wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

2700 users? I'd classify that as more than a "small" or a "medium" server myself. That's definitely in the range where setting it as a "Community Server" could be beneficial for a lot of other reasons.

What are these reasons? It's a pretty niche server, focusing on a specific language family, and I doubt the admin or the other moderators would really want it to be super available. We also have probably active users, which is probably why I would consider it small.

Yeah, 20 active users would still feel small. That's fair. I probably wouldn't recommend a Community Server with only 20 active users.

To answer your question, though: Community Servers get a couple more security and safety features that help with moderation. They get a "Welcome Screen" for helping new users not feel quite so lost on first joining the server. Discord is generally better about notifying Community Servers of upcoming updates and slower about rolling out new features to them (such as Threads).

https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047132851-E...

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Post by scrollaway »

pmlnr wrote: post #205
jakecopp wrote: post #176

Element (Matrix client) also announced that they will be adding threading soon. [1] [1]: https://matrix.org/blog/2021/07/27/element-raises-30-m-to-bo...

Why?! If everyone else jumps into a well, so should you? I hate threads.

Because most people like them and you don't personally have the final say in what happens out there.

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Post by MarcelOlsz »

SECProto wrote: post #43
MarcelOlsz wrote: post #27

I don't know how it's possible, but I cannot wait for the day where I don't have to deal with "chats". Telegram, iMessage, LinkedIn, emails, discord, this app, that app. I simrace with a 60 year old man and no matter how much we try, he cannot wrap his head around how to use discord.

I don't think that's reasonable and it's very unlikely that "chats" are going away. I've been using chat apps since that person was in their mid-to-late 30s. Newsgroups were around a decade before that. The relatives I have in their 90s know how to use Hangouts. Being 60 isn't an excuse in my opinion

You're probably right. I think I will honestly just get a landline phone with a few different extensions and a tape recorder. 1st extension for closest family, another for friends, another for business and so on. Corded of course. Patiently awaiting the day I see "Launch HN: (YC 2030) – never have to deal with text messages again"

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Post by steveklabnik »

sagichmal wrote: post #183
steveklabnik wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Also I’d rather not grab my mouse to see things. I have not tried threads yet but I have been assured they are fully accessible via the keyboard only.

They emphatically are not.

In what way? I'd like to tell them about it; they've explicitly asked for feedback on this.

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Post by mattste »

fomine3 wrote: post #173
movedx wrote: post #149

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I'm not certain why you're being downvoted, but you're right. Their recent rebranding demonstrates this.

Will Discord changes their single account system/policy? It's very annoying to use single account for various use other than only gaming community. I think this policy is a bigger blocker than lack of threads.

Agreed. My gaming persona is different than IRL persona. I personally love the way Slack handles accounts.

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Post by sagichmal »

steveklabnik wrote: post #224
sagichmal wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They emphatically are not.

In what way? I'd like to tell them about it; they've explicitly asked for feedback on this.

Oh, sorry; I thought you were talking about Slack threads. I can't speak to Discord threads.

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Post by steveklabnik »

sagichmal wrote: post #226
steveklabnik wrote: post #224

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In what way? I'd like to tell them about it; they've explicitly asked for feedback on this.

Oh, sorry; I thought you were talking about Slack threads. I can't speak to Discord threads.

Ah my bad!

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Post by wly_cdgr »

ickyforce wrote: post #184
wly_cdgr wrote: post #131

Remind me the difference between Slack and Discord at this point? "Default theme" is the big one that comes to mind It's fine, not every product needs to be super original I guess, but it's gotten to the point where choosing one over the other is barely even a statement about your identity anymore. Although I guess most people do both: Slack for work, Discord for friends. It's boring when those two experiences are so…

> Remind me the difference between Slack and Discord at this point? Discord: you grant to us a perpetual, nonexclusive, transferable, royalty-free, sublicensable, and worldwide license to use, host, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display Your Content in connection with operating and providing the Service Slack: the Customer [...] grants us and the…

Wow, I did not realize the Discord license was that shit

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Post by auscompgeek »

neuronexmachina wrote: post #147
afavour wrote: post #104

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> abominations like slack - which hides streams of conversation behind a wall, making the UX terrible. I'm not usually a defender of Slack but this is one of the things I _like_ about Slack threads. Typically in our rooms every discussion is a thread and if I'm not concerned with that particular discussion there's only ever one message and notification I need to dismiss. If I _am_ concerned with it I can opt in to re…

I'm sure this is an atypical use case, but I found the hidden threads really useful for creating spoiler threads about TV shows/movies/etc. All discussion about the topic can stay inside the thread, and folks who want to avoid spoilers can simply avoid clicking on the thread.

Isn't that what Discord's spoiler tags are for?

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Post by fennecfoxy »

binarymax wrote: post #28

The ideal thread implementation is in Flowdock (which not many people have heard of or use), but it's really the best of both worlds. Everything is a single stream of messages, and you can optionally group things as threads. There is a really nice blending of the two. Here's their implementation and you can see how well this works in practice. http://blog.flowdock.com/2017/08/31/the-1-customer-request-h... Far far be…

I hated when Slack brought them in, but slowly realised they're really useful when used appropriately & the responsibility is less on Slack itself & more on people using the feature appropriately; threads in 1:1 PMs are just utterly stupid though.
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