▲ 1322 ▼ Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects (drewdevault.com) submitted 2 years ago by starman@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml 402 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ardi60@reddthat.com 136 points 2 years ago (9 children) my main problem is issue cannot be searched on search engine permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 80 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children) Chat and forum are different things and serve different purposes. Even matrix doesn't solve the search problem. Use a forum for this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] ardi60@reddthat.com 86 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah that is why discord should not be used for problem-solving or archival purpose. Hell, even mastodon,reddit and lemmy can be indexed properly on search engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Mastodon and Lemmy could be indexed relatively easily, but as all social media it raises the problem of consent on broader decimation of content that's intended for a specific audience. permalink fedilink source parent [–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) The biggest problem with traditional forums is the fact that participation requires yet another account. This is the most significant thing that discord has going for it, nearly everybody already has a discord account. Federated forums mostly solve this issue tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 9 points 2 years ago is the fact that participation requires yet another account. You can literally connect most active forum engines to eg.: OpenID, XMPP, email or any/most kinds of online identifiers. Worst case scenario you can literally enable "sign in with Google". permalink fedilink source parent [–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Discourse is great. It needs flawless activity pub integrstion. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echo64@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Irc was never searchable, but that was never an issue before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cynar@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago The issue is that we used to have both irc and forums. Discord has taken on the role of both in 1. Unfortunately, that means that it also needs the remote search capabilities of a forum to not screw over the community, long term. It's amazing the number of times a 3+ year old discussion on either a forum, or Reddit has bailed me out of a hole. Everything like that on discord is cut off, unless you know it exists. permalink fedilink source parent [–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 years ago Popular IRC channels usually have an searchable web archive. But yes, chat is not a good solution for stuff that needs to be documented. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 80 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children) Chat and forum are different things and serve different purposes. Even matrix doesn't solve the search problem. Use a forum for this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] ardi60@reddthat.com 86 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah that is why discord should not be used for problem-solving or archival purpose. Hell, even mastodon,reddit and lemmy can be indexed properly on search engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Mastodon and Lemmy could be indexed relatively easily, but as all social media it raises the problem of consent on broader decimation of content that's intended for a specific audience. permalink fedilink source parent [–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) The biggest problem with traditional forums is the fact that participation requires yet another account. This is the most significant thing that discord has going for it, nearly everybody already has a discord account. Federated forums mostly solve this issue tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 9 points 2 years ago is the fact that participation requires yet another account. You can literally connect most active forum engines to eg.: OpenID, XMPP, email or any/most kinds of online identifiers. Worst case scenario you can literally enable "sign in with Google". permalink fedilink source parent [–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Discourse is great. It needs flawless activity pub integrstion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ardi60@reddthat.com 86 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah that is why discord should not be used for problem-solving or archival purpose. Hell, even mastodon,reddit and lemmy can be indexed properly on search engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Mastodon and Lemmy could be indexed relatively easily, but as all social media it raises the problem of consent on broader decimation of content that's intended for a specific audience. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Mastodon and Lemmy could be indexed relatively easily, but as all social media it raises the problem of consent on broader decimation of content that's intended for a specific audience. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) The biggest problem with traditional forums is the fact that participation requires yet another account. This is the most significant thing that discord has going for it, nearly everybody already has a discord account. Federated forums mostly solve this issue tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 9 points 2 years ago is the fact that participation requires yet another account. You can literally connect most active forum engines to eg.: OpenID, XMPP, email or any/most kinds of online identifiers. Worst case scenario you can literally enable "sign in with Google". permalink fedilink source parent [–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Discourse is great. It needs flawless activity pub integrstion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 9 points 2 years ago is the fact that participation requires yet another account. You can literally connect most active forum engines to eg.: OpenID, XMPP, email or any/most kinds of online identifiers. Worst case scenario you can literally enable "sign in with Google". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Discourse is great. It needs flawless activity pub integrstion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echo64@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Irc was never searchable, but that was never an issue before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cynar@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago The issue is that we used to have both irc and forums. Discord has taken on the role of both in 1. Unfortunately, that means that it also needs the remote search capabilities of a forum to not screw over the community, long term. It's amazing the number of times a 3+ year old discussion on either a forum, or Reddit has bailed me out of a hole. Everything like that on discord is cut off, unless you know it exists. permalink fedilink source parent [–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 years ago Popular IRC channels usually have an searchable web archive. But yes, chat is not a good solution for stuff that needs to be documented. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago The issue is that we used to have both irc and forums. Discord has taken on the role of both in 1. Unfortunately, that means that it also needs the remote search capabilities of a forum to not screw over the community, long term. It's amazing the number of times a 3+ year old discussion on either a forum, or Reddit has bailed me out of a hole. Everything like that on discord is cut off, unless you know it exists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 years ago Popular IRC channels usually have an searchable web archive. But yes, chat is not a good solution for stuff that needs to be documented. permalink fedilink source parent