• @deranger@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The amount of niche info that would have been found in searchable forum posts in years prior, that has now gotten sucked up into Discord where it can’t be found, fucking blows.

    • @Carnelian@lemmy.world
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      271 year ago

      Absolute tragedy tbh, discord won’t be around forever. I weep for all the game knowledge that will be lost

      • @interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
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        31 year ago

        There is, and there has never been value behind discord’s closed doors. Don’t waste your words there, it is like talking to the wind.

    • @interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
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      121 year ago

      And imagine if public facing forums weren’t mostly dead because of the “necroposting” hate moderator brainworm

      Oops this discussion from 2017 is the number one google link for your niche topic ? Well, too bad, post in new and maybe in five years it will be #2 post on google for that topic.

      Who put the nerds with no friends in charge of human social interaction ‽

      • @eardon@lemmy.ca
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        -11 year ago

        Yeah. Closing threads after a few days or getting mad at users for replying to old posts is stupid and bandwagony.

    • @warmaster@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well, forums are not real time, and that’s what most people these days want apparently.

      So, on to the alternatives:

      Element / Matrix:

      • Lackluster moderation tools
      • Voice channels not ready
      • Signing up is hard / federation not well explained

      Revolt Chat

      • Run by very talented kiddies
      • Not stable
      • Not easily self-hostable