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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?

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[โ€“] onlinepersona@programming.dev 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I get the impression that opensource communities are missing out on contributors by even including discord in the mix ๐Ÿง

[โ€“] jeremyparker@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure I understand the problem. Is the problem that they're not using matrix? Or do you prefer that it was still all on IRC? I don't hate IRC but it's definitely way less user friendly.

[โ€“] onlinepersona@programming.dev 7 points 10 months ago

Another commenter mentioned that they have matrix, discord, IRC, and discourse, however everything but discord is dead. So, due to the network effect of just including discord, it reduces participation on other channels.
Communities that are "discord only" however exclude people like those in this comment section.

I refuse to use discord for all the reasons people mentioned. Personally, matrix + lemmy/kbin/mbin = best. Other opensource direct communication solutions are acceptable too, like Zulip or RocketChat, but only if bridged with matrix. Then I just need one account. For async, discourse is alright, but not my favorite.

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