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ditch discord! (discuss.tchncs.de)

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  1. person looking ahead. the text below him says, "wow a cool software. let's check out the community"
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    Community
    The main place where the community gathers is our Discord server. Feel free to join there to ask questions, help out others, share cool things you created with Typst, or just to chat.

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  4. person looking behind with the text "nevermind".
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[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 22 points 11 months ago

They added forum-style posts a while ago, which greatly improves usability. But I won't use it regardless, due to privacy issues.

[-] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 11 months ago

Sounds like a very neat feature, but IMO still not great for people outside of the discord server esp. if the threads can't show up in a search engine

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

True. That's why I recommend Discourse if you can't use a proper development forum like Codeberg or something.

[-] DrQuint@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Greatly improved usability, while still greatly hurting searchability, in that common bugs are still hidden away from indexable sight.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago

Discord has a robust search system

[-] DrQuint@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

That is absolutely not true unless if you have exact word matches, and anyone with half a brain knows it's not about searching within discord, but about searching outside of it.

Discord is a black hole of information. What happens inside is unknown from the outside. This is why every single FOSS project using discord loses the right to call themselves FOSS - an issues page is equally free, has way, way better features to relate an issue to patches and releases, and is actually indexable.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago

That is absolutely not true

It absolutely is.

it's not about searching within discord, but about searching outside of it.

I'm gonna ignore your uncalled-for personal insult and instead point out that you might want to search a specific group for information rather than the entirety of the internet.

What happens inside is unknown from the outside.

Then just...go inside? These aren't password-protected communities.

This is why every single FOSS project using discord loses the right to call themselves FOSS

Uhhhh no that's not how that works.

an issues page is equally free, has way, way better features to relate an issue to patches and releases, and is actually indexable.

I agree.

[-] DrQuint@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

then just go inside?

Ladies and gentlemen of the Linux community: A guy telling you to step inside the walled garden. Unironically.

I rest my case.

I don't have the time for this.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A guy telling you to step inside the walled garden.

What "walled garden"? I don't think you know what that phrase means.

I don't have the time for this.

Good, go away.

[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

No I will not sign up for ze discord chinese data harvesting op

If your project isn't something I can index through a search engine - you don't have a project. Want a forum? Make a subreddit or better yet a Lemmy community.

this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2024
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