Know that feeling

  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Discord is a poor replacement for forums. It’s like hearing every conversation in a nightclub all at once. IRC, ICQ, MSN Messenger, and AOL Chat never killed forums, and I doubt Discord will either.

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      1 year ago

      I hope not. I don’t understand when people suggest discord as a replacement for forums or things like reddit. It’s not really the same thing at all.

      And that’s to say nothing of it being pretty targeted towards gamers and gamer culture. I am a gamer and don’t mind it but it’s a barrier to adoption for people who aren’t at all into that.

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          1 year ago

          I’m in the same boat. I at least sort of “understand” it if that makes sense? Like, it’s not my bag but I know about it and that makes it easier to ignore.

          But like…my wife is not at all a gamer. She goes to forums or reddit to follow hobby interests she has. Having a bunch of cringey leetspeak and gamer bro stuff is going to be off-putting to those types of people, and maybe enough to prevent them from adopting the platform at all.

          It certainly factored into our decision to use slack for our college friends group instead of discord.

          • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            Slack is also an easier interface and layout. Discord is pretty confusing the first time you open it. The UI is definitely discordant.