• NateNate60@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Opinion: When you are trying to build a community it is more important to use whatever platform your users can be found on than to be a purist.

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      5 months ago

      but discord is simply less accessible than any other option. I can’t even login without identifying 25 bicycles lmao

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        5 months ago

        That’s just not true. I’m no discord fan but less accessible? They have an app for the mobile platforms as well as pc/mac, and browser-based support as well.

        But oh no, they have a captcha!!! So much less accessible!!! The fuck you talking about

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          5 months ago

          Logging into a non-indexible proprietary service just to be able to read the documentation definitely does not contribute to accessibility.

    • ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕚0𝕤@social.ggbox.fr
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      5 months ago

      Putting everything on discord makes information unsearchable via search engines, which is objectivily not great. This recent habit is contributing to killing the web.

      On a more subjective note, I just don’t like it. On the top of my head : Confusing interface, wont’ shut up about nitro, requires a phone number.

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      if you’re trying to build a chatroom then any chat software goes but if you’re trying to build a community you should probably use something searchable and indexed, like real community software

      also i find it laughable that users must already be on such platform, by your logic all communities should be mailing lists

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      5 months ago

      Counterpoint: If said community is about a certain type of software, decisions over the type of platform matter more than popularity within teenagers. Coherence is important.