Discourse isnt free
And its been described as more of a forum than a chat service
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SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
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Discourse isnt free
And its been described as more of a forum than a chat service
This is misinformation.
You can self host it, for free.
I love that Discourse is open. I hate that it’s just horrendous from a usability perspective. Flarum is much better than that, in my opinion, while being way more flexible. Examples:
I find discourse perfectly usable.
Cool 👍️
iamthetot@piefed.ca 9 hours ago
I don’t really see how someone can position Discourse as the number one Discord alternative. Surely most people looking to ditch Discord want live chat, audio/video calls, and screen sharing… Or am I just in the minority here?
For the record, I think Discourse looks awesome and even thinking about how I might use it for a project, but I do not see it as a Discord alternative.
toynbee@lemmy.world 22 minutes ago
I mean, for at least the first five letters, I can’t even tell the difference.
JayGray91@piefed.social 51 minutes ago
I’ll keep you company in the minority, since that’s what I want too
markz@suppo.fi 8 hours ago
Lots of communities use discord as a replacement for a forum despite it not being fit for it at all
JayGray91@piefed.social 50 minutes ago
So much so I fucking hate this phenomenon
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Sure, but that’s not an argument for replacing Discord with forums. The two serve entirely different use cases, and should be treated like two entirely separate products.
gloktawasright@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Isn’t it though? A forum wouldn’t do all the things discord does, but the argument is that trying to use discord for a forum was a mistake in the first place. So replacing discord with a forum and then a dedicated chatting app makes sense, no?
karashta@piefed.social 9 hours ago
I also want this suite of things. I stream movies to friends, share games I’m playing…
These are core features to me now in a robust chat client
Ulrich@feddit.org 8 hours ago
A lot of people don’t seem to realize that Discord has a variety of features, and each feature can be more or less useful for different types of communities. The ones I’ve used NEVER used anything but text chat.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 8 hours ago
I understand that but even the text chat is a different experience than what Discourse offers. Even people who only used Discord for text chat and want a replacement for that would be better on IRC.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
It’s not the text chat they’re referring to. An annoying amount of open so it be projects use Discord as a replacement for forums specifically.
Ulrich@feddit.org 8 hours ago
Yeah, clearly everyone loves IRC, that’s why no one uses Discord /s
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Live chat is all I ever use but you never know
Cheems@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I used to use to for audio calls now I use it more for a forum.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 9 hours ago
I thought Discourse was bought by Roblox, merged into Roblox, and then discontinued outside of Roblox?
QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social 6 hours ago
You’re thinking of Guilded.
Looks like Roblox forced everyone using Guilder to suddenly have a Roblox account in 2024, and then Guilder officially shut down about 2 months ago (end of 2025).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilded