4 pane comic of dolan on the left and spooderman on the right

pane 1 (dolan): cum join opensurce cummunity!
pane 2 (spooderman): shure! how joyn?
pane 3 (dolan): Here discord! (with discord logo)
pane 4 (spooderman with tears in eyes): y u do dis?

  • janAkali@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I would accept discord/irc over mailing list. But nothing beats a proper forum website.
    And no, subreddit is not a proper forum.

    • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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      3 years ago

      For the main project I’m a maintainer on we do have forums too but they’re pretty dead, we mostly just use Discord because that’s what everyone else seems to be using.

      • TechNom (nobody)@programming.devEnglish
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        3 years ago

        Discord is absolute trash if you’re a user searching for solutions. It simply doesn’t turn up in web searches. Why would you want your users to ask the same questions again and again?

        • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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          3 years ago

          It just so happens to be where all our users end up anyway so for us it’s been okay for the most part. Having moderator commands for frequently asked questions, and automating frequently asked questions tends to help even more. Discord also seems to work well for projects far larger than ours, ones like RPCS3 etc.