@volpeon What about is as a document repo?

@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip Forums are cool, Discord is not

I'll happily use a forum than Discord at this point, at least with forums you can chill out and also make your own profile themes on your accounts as well.
(Yes, I have some forum accounts, a general forum account and a death themed forum account.)

@catsalad @volpeon I'd say it's the same.

@volpeon Nor is it for mailing lists, or ticketing systems...

@volpeon @sebsauvage Je suis d'accord, c'est vraiment une plaie les "For support please come to the our discord." mais c'est "à la mode" visiblement.

@volpeon :c Yeah. I wish more people would invest in making forum sites because its much easier to follow a topic (and find relevant information) on those.

@volpeon I’m still wondering what forums were a suitable replacement for.

@volpeon yessssssss. Makes me crazy !!

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Yep. See https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/28/Dont-use-Discord-for-FOSS.html for a write-up with more words.

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@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip yesterday, once again, I was forced to join a discord server for the latest download of a mod. I never like doing that.

Unfortunately with legislation like UK OSA making it harder to host forums without potential heavy fines, Discord is the compromise rn. Buncha UK-hosted forums that wouldn't host distressing content had to shut down as a result of that piece of shit act.

Though I don't think there's any excuse for using it as a wiki replacement…

@flaky In this case, though, my post is related to Affinity closing their support forums in favor of a Discord server. People are clearly not happy: forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/235712-important-update-affinity-forum-transition/

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I have in idea to build an app suite with SMF or phpBB as the center piece, as well as instant messaging or IRC as well. All bundled in docker behind a reverse proxy. What do you think?

@volpeon Discord is destroying internet. Discord is one of the reasons you have to add "reddit" to your searches.

@volpeon we should use Discourse instead

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@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip I agree! We're starting an organization to stop the use of Discord as a forum! Join my Discord to be a part of it! ​​

@volpeon is there anything better than forums?