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SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• 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.

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I mean, for at least the first five letters, I can’t even tell the difference.

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  • JayGray91@piefed.social ⁨51⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    looking to ditch Discord want live chat, audio/video calls, and screen sharing… Or am I just in the minority here?

    I’ll keep you company in the minority, since that’s what I want too

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  • 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

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    • JayGray91@piefed.social ⁨50⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      So much so I fucking hate this phenomenon

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    • 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.

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      • 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?

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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    • 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.

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      • 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.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah, clearly everyone loves IRC, that’s why no one uses Discord /s

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  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Live chat is all I ever use but you never know

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  • Cheems@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I used to use to for audio calls now I use it more for a forum.

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  • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I thought Discourse was bought by Roblox, merged into Roblox, and then discontinued outside of Roblox?

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    • 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

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• Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Discourse isnt free

  And its been described as more of a forum than a chat service

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  • douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is misinformation.

    You can self host it, for free.

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• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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:

  discuss.grapheneos.org

  orionfeedback.org

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  • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I find discourse perfectly usable.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Cool 👍️

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