Quick and very infor
[2023-06-13 07:53:23 PM] : Quick and very informal poll: do you use Discord for any other communities?
:+1: - yes
:-1: - no
:thinking_face: - what the heck is Discord?
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[2023-06-13 09:08:16 PM] : I was thinking of it and in fact was about to suggest it to you. Discord now has built in forums. It’s the best of both forums and chats now. I am missing the old threads that got lost in Slack history. There were tons of Gems in them.
[2023-06-14 07:32:35 AM] : I want to like discord. I think my biggest gripe is that no matter which theme, dark or light, the text contrast doesn’t seem as sharp as slack’s theme? But other than that, it definitely seems to have a lot of advantages
[2023-06-14 08:16:30 AM] : Yes, but they get less attention than Slack - too many Discord instances, too much noise, nothing gets enough attention, whereas I'm more careful with the Slack channels I join
[2023-06-15 08:13:48 AM] : Steve Bromley You are correct, but that’s changing, I know companies that moved to Discord recently from Slack.
Some moved there abandoning discourse. The bigger reason is engagement on Discord is higher than that of discourse. Community management tools are much better.
Slack is not made for communities, It’s made for business. I know how much I miss the amazing old discussions, They all disappeared now :cry:.
It doesn’t make sense to pay per member price for a community.
[2023-06-15 08:14:46 AM] : Also the text contrast problem is true. But it’s bearable compared to benefits we get using Discord.
[2023-06-15 09:38:46 AM] : yeah the main drivers for us are:
1 - preserving the chat (we lose so much to the 90 day history)
2 - better moderation tools designed for communities
I even found a way to migrate our entire Slack history into discord, so we'd effectively recover nearly a decade of chat history that's currently lost/hidden.
[2023-06-15 09:49:54 AM] : Wow! I am excited.
[2023-06-15 10:03:22 AM] : Worth a try for sure!
[2023-06-15 12:16:35 PM] : we haven't decided for sure and even once we do not gonna be an overnight thing. I've done a lot of community platform migrations and it's a bunch of work to do it right no matter what the tool is. so you'll hear more long before anything changes.
[2023-06-30 05:14:03 PM] : A little late, but you know I'd love this Slack to be on Discord (it's one of the few remaining Slacks I'm part of, and clearly I don't check it as often!).