I'm fascinated by Discord discourse because I think a lot of folks just aren't getting it
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I'm fascinated by Discord discourse because I think a lot of folks just aren't getting it
Back in the day:
Forums provided slow, searchable, referencable, detailed and categorised async comms, largely publicly, nurtured by admins and mods
IRC provided fast, synchronous, minimal and mostly ephemeral comms, largely privately and nurtured by admins and mods.
TS/Vent provided instant, completely ephemeral and private comms, usually gated by IRC access.Think about what Discord provides.
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I'm fascinated by Discord discourse because I think a lot of folks just aren't getting it
Back in the day:
Forums provided slow, searchable, referencable, detailed and categorised async comms, largely publicly, nurtured by admins and mods
IRC provided fast, synchronous, minimal and mostly ephemeral comms, largely privately and nurtured by admins and mods.
TS/Vent provided instant, completely ephemeral and private comms, usually gated by IRC access.Think about what Discord provides.
@mdiluz video chat that actually works, streaming, direct trivial file sharing, easy to set up private spaces by non-technical people, a client that works on modern devices, and other things. people don't want to be "back in the day" when your auth was sending your password in the clear to a bot, or have to know what a fucking netsplit is.