Apparently because it is very easy to setup and offer a place where people can join.
More and more open source projects are using it and I don't really like it, but what easy alternatives can you recommend to them?
Genuine question, as it is an open issue for me. I want to focus on my project, not setting up and maintain a forum, mailing lists, etc. on top of that.
I would much rather engage with a community on Discord than on Github discussions/Reddit/a forum. The inability to easily browse historical posts is a feature to me that makes it much less risky to ask questions and join a community. I don't have to spend a lot of time searching and effort to phrase my questions just right to avoid getting yelled at by someone that I should have used the search instead of posting.
Those are the biggest aspects, but the private aspect is actually an important part of why many open source projects are using it. They don't really want to be having those sort of conversations in github issues or the discussions page or anywhere indexable.
Like getting on a call with a coworker or a collaborator on the project. You can technically record it or leave it open to the public, but most people do not because they just see it as not "informing the public" worthy.
Apparently because it is very easy to setup and offer a place where people can join.
More and more open source projects are using it and I don't really like it, but what easy alternatives can you recommend to them?
Genuine question, as it is an open issue for me. I want to focus on my project, not setting up and maintain a forum, mailing lists, etc. on top of that.
> what easy alternatives can you recommend to them
Github discussions.
A project I follow moved all their Q&A from discord and it's a joy to both search and ask now.
Discord is actively hostile to anyone simply wanting to browse.
I would much rather engage with a community on Discord than on Github discussions/Reddit/a forum. The inability to easily browse historical posts is a feature to me that makes it much less risky to ask questions and join a community. I don't have to spend a lot of time searching and effort to phrase my questions just right to avoid getting yelled at by someone that I should have used the search instead of posting.
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Gitter is an ignored solution.
Those are the biggest aspects, but the private aspect is actually an important part of why many open source projects are using it. They don't really want to be having those sort of conversations in github issues or the discussions page or anywhere indexable.
Like getting on a call with a coworker or a collaborator on the project. You can technically record it or leave it open to the public, but most people do not because they just see it as not "informing the public" worthy.
I don't know either, but I'm not the Discord target audience. I've tried but it gives me a headache like a Vegas casino.
I'd rather see something simple and plain (and functional) like phpbb.
Matrix, but that doesnt really fix the searchability problem