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Re: Stop Using Discord

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Post by WGH_ » Mon, Jun 03, 2024, 12:13 AM UTC

theshrike79 wrote: post #173

iforgotpassword wrote: post #69

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I tried discord only once, but to me it was a disorganized chaotic experience. People seem to really think that well organized faq sections on traditional websites and properly searchable and indexable forum threads should be replaced by "just search through two years of chat backlog on discord". Or something like that.

I have the same feeling about Matrix - and I've used IRC since the 90s so I'm used to jank. Discord has a clear segmentation where a "server" (community) has multiple "channels" (and "forums"). I can easily context-switch between servers. With Matrix there is no clear way (at least to me) to get all channels from a specific context - that is provided by someone else. I can of course manually organise channels somehow…

Matrix has so-called spaces, which group rooms together. Chaos Computer Club used this for 37C3, it was quite neat.

Re: Stop Using Discord

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Post by jmprspret » Mon, Jun 03, 2024, 9:51 AM UTC

sneak wrote: post #74

CM30 wrote: post #28

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This is the key part here. There's nothing wrong with using Discord to chat about random stuff. If you're talking to your friends about your latest night out or playing online games with a community, then Discord is fine. The issue is how some communities use it as a wiki, documentation and forum replacement for information that should be available on the public internet. This is a huge problem for speedrunning and m…

This is untrue. Talking to friends in DM on non-e2ee platforms normalizes ubiquitous surveillance of friendship interactions and makes all of society worse. Don’t be reachable on non-e2ee DM systems. Delete your account.

This also has the added benefit of weeding out people who can't be bothered to put in just a little effort to keep in touch with you. Shows who your true friends are. It's actually sad. But an eye opener ;)

Re: Stop Using Discord

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Post by jmprspret » Mon, Jun 03, 2024, 9:56 AM UTC

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #216

cl3misch wrote: post #109

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Do you care to share what forum that is? And is its irc-like chat section searchable? Otherwise it is just forum and chat available under the same domain. But information in the IRC section is still ephemeral.

rdrama .net. We have a cute orange cat as our mascot.

This is quite an oddity in the internet space I feel (not in a bad way - but not necessarily a good way either - i just find it odd). Reading through the rules it's such an interesting mix of.. ideals?

Re: Stop Using Discord

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Post by moooo99 » Tue, Jun 04, 2024, 10:20 AM UTC

codingcodingboy wrote: post #98

moooo99 wrote: post #79

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I don’t think the sentiment is misinformed. I understand your position and I’ve had pleasant experiences on discord in the past with people being very willing to help. However, the help I received for my problem is basically impossible to discovered for anybody else (in fact, I have a hard time finding this thread myself). Discord is really great for realtime interactions, wether that be chatting or talking. But it a…

I am already distracted enough and now you are getting me interested into construction!

Yeah I apologize, I fell into that rabbit hole purely by accident, but it is really really interesting and considering the current prices to get a home built, maybe even practically applicable some day :D