I’ve been saying this for years, but the general mood still hasn’t shifted against Discord. People were actually amazed back when it added… forums. But now if the company is going public the enshittification is imminent.
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kautau@lemmy.world 3 days agoThe worst part about discord to me is that it’s used as a knowledge base for open source projects and games and such. This puts things in a walled garden. I instant get turned off by a thing when the homepage is “join our discord” or I see a comment like “oh it’s explained in the discord.”
It’s only a matter of time before discord becomes paywalled, and all the knowledge out there ceases to be public.
merdaverse@lemmy.world 3 days ago
LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I like to play rom hacks, and sure enough, most of them want you to join their Discord to get information about any upcoming updates or what the mod author is making next. I hate it to absolute death.
kautau@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Agreed. For me it’s very hard to feel the same about software projects that are like “fuck the corporations! Learn more on our discord.” Because the mental gymnastics are wild
commander@lemmings.world 2 days ago
A lot of people just don’t see the bigger picture, and it shows.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Just a replacement as a newsletter is totally fine.
What’s not good is knowledge being solely shared there instead of a Wiki.
Github literally has wiki functionality built-in.