• XNX
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    65 months ago

    Because its very easy to use and does stuff no other platform does (make it extremely easy to voice/video chat with multiple people streaming screen and essentially make a forum in 2 clicks)

    • @RaoulDook
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      405 months ago

      That’s all good but those features are not what makes a good discussion forum. This, what we’re typing on, is an example of a good forum.

      • @Alk
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        145 months ago

        Some communities don’t need a good discussion forum, they need voice chat with a little text chat. Originally, discord was for gaming groups and it worked amazingly for that. Now, more communities are on it than should be, but its still a good feature set for gaming groups.

        • lemmyvore
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          15 months ago

          If Discord would add wikis and improve its search it would freaking destroy everything else. It would be the place for everything a modern gaming community could want.

      • @MentorKitten
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        115 months ago

        Because it shouldn’t be used as a discussion forum. It’s more similar to an irc and teamspeak

        • @[email protected]
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          65 months ago

          You can actually make forums inside of channels now if you are a community discord. But search is still shit lol

        • lemmyvore
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          15 months ago

          People who use discord don’t want to use it like a forum. They want instant interaction.

          If you think about it a lot of forum banter is just that, just because it’s slower and persistent doesn’t guarantee a higher signal to noise ratio.

          If Discord were to add wikis so people can add persistent FAQs and guides it would cover 99% of its user needs.

    • Zos_Kia
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      45 months ago

      Also their role system is badass. It’s incredibly fine grained and makes it possible to manage large communities with plenty of different user levels.