• @emptyother
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    2511 months ago

    I have come over a few Reddit communities who moved to Discord of all things. I don’t get why. That isn’t even remotely the same type of discussion platform.

    • I am become Noodle
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      2411 months ago

      I’m really not a fan of Discord. Why would anyone use a platform that’s not accessible without making an account and requires an invite to each group? If it wasn’t branded towards gamers I don’t think it would have much appeal.

      • @normalmighty
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        1111 months ago

        Imo it’s because sites like reddit make communities too open. It’s common knowledge that once a sub regularly makes it to r/all, it loses all identity and joins the vague soup of r/all content which everyone upvotes with no regard for the source.

        A lot of people don’t want one big page with all the biggest communities thrown together. They just want to follow what they like and nothing else.

        That said, the chat room format of discord is a pretty awkward stand-in for a forum type of community.

    • @Stormlight
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      211 months ago

      Discord has its uses but it’s very much not the same. I often can’t even find my question I asked an hour later.