Comment on Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So sad to see things literally get worse for no good reason.

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  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “No good reason” homie you ever use a forum?

    Discord is so much better for real time conversations. The biggest problem is to the point of this thread, discoverability is non-existent, you have to join the discord to be able to search for what you need.

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    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah but real time communication is not what this comment was about. The issues is that its being used as a social hub that replaces forums entirely. So when people ask questions about a topic they will do so in some shitty discord channel and the information (both question and answer) will be lost in the un-searchable, un-taggable, un-indexable discord black hole.

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      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It actually is, you’re just not connecting the dots.

        The people use discord already to game and talk with buddies, developers of various apps/services then use it for similar and answering questions or troubleshooting issues in real-time.

        Forums are archaic and difficult by comparison, don’t get me wrong, I don’t like the situation either, but I understand how and why we got to this place, and what would solve the problem is if that data was indexed in a way that search engines could use them, but because you have to have a discord account and join the server and have access to that particular section because of how discord is designed it is not really possible.

        I actually freaurntly find helpful information in discord servers using search, but again, agree that it is not designed well for what its been forced into by network effect and convenience.

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    • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Discord is only good for live conversation. Forums are good for information consolidation and general long term discussions about anything.

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      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Actively troubleshooting an issue in discord is easier then making a forum post and going back and forth that way, which is why it has moved to discord organically.

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• frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I just want to be able to web search shit from forums like I used to be able to 10+ years ago.

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