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PaperclipPerfector  9mo ago (text post)   3651 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 21, 2024

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I dislike discord. Not just because of the discord -> degeneracy meme, but because so much tech specific knowledge is now hidden in a generally unsearchable archive where the only way to find it is BY joining and searching various discords. At least forums have a single post buried in the google archives from 15 years ago. With discord suddenly a huge amount of information is gated, and short of 'joining the community' it's impossible to locate the information now.

A problem that took me two days to iron out could have been done in 15 minutes if I simply remembered that Discord = information. However, my general use of discord means that connection in my mind doesn't take place.

Discord is great for many things but the problem you bring up is real. I've joined groups (programming stuff, D&D stuff, etc.) for the 'archives on their discord' only to find that there are no archives, just a soup of years of history with no real way to find a given item unless you happened to be around when it was posted and also remember how it was phrased.

There are some communities which take major effort to keep information organized. e.g. read-only channels where only moderator unlocks for specific instances and closed after posting.

well honestly discord wasn't intended for this, it's for gaming and short attention spans.

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