Comment by Slighted
3 years ago
>Unfortunately, we just couldn't back down from the demands to have a discord server
Except you could've, and still can. People need to learn how to adapt. There's no reason a Discord server is necessary for distributing and discussing anticheat software. Thousands of much larger, more important projects are doing just fine without Discord™ servers, and part of it is the people with influence putting their feet down at the mention of Discord, a glorified spyware platform populated with the socially deprived. Discord is rarely ever a key piece of infrastructure necessary for advertising and documentation for the majority of projects that have one attached to themselves.
> Except you could've, and still can.
For many scenes, the community is an integral part of the ecosystem. Unless OP is the only person who can develop anti-cheat software, s/he's beholden to the community even if s/he's among the leader(s).
> People need to learn how to adapt.
They will adapt by starting their own Discord and cutting OP out.
> They will adapt by starting their own Discord and cutting OP out
Exactly. And it's depressing. People of every community think they "need" Discord (or a similar tool) and if you don't create it, they'll create it themselves.
"Hey, what about if AwesomeCommunity had a Discord?"
"I don't see the point, we already have a group here."
"Well, but some people like Discord!"
"Ok"
"Do you mind if we create a fan Discord community then?"
And presto! The community gets Discord and additional fragmentation, whether you like it or not.
This is exactly it. I’m in a few forums that insist on no discord and unless you go out of your way to provide a chat alternative there will just be unofficial discords.
Discord is a cancer.
Sadly.
The good news is that you'll have additional fragmentation with facebook groups and reddit, all overlapping your community so that no two groups are exactly the same!
If you want to post an update to the community for $thing, you must remember the Discord, Facebook group and reddit sub!
"Hey guys, we already have a reddit sub, do we really need a facebook group?"
"Well, if you don't mind I'll go create an unofficial $thing fb group!"
(Bonus points if you subscribe to all and get to see the same content being posted to every venue, with somewhat the same people reacting to it. It boggles the mind)
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Just bridge it to Matrix for archival and for a fallback chat.
Discord is huge with the kids today. I saw my nephew kept checking his phone and like a typical old fart I challenged him and asked what the hell he's checking. Turns out it's discord. He subscribes to channels on discord, some are read-only, just a way of distributing notifications.
The draw is the single sign on. You sign on to one simple service and you have all your friends, all the games you follow, all the groups.