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Discord’s Second Attempt To Roll Out Age Verification Is Going Badly
kotaku.com/discords-second-attempt-to-roll-out-age-verification-is-going-badly-2000737908Replying to @inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
Yet the entire software community depends on it for everything
Replying to @chunes@lemmy.world
I really don’t understand how a chat app for gamers became so big in the software development community. It’s such a poor choice, especially for support. Nothing is indexed in search engines, and people can’t see messages unless they join. I’ve even seen some projects use Discord for bug tracking. It’s woefully inadequate for that.
Because it has a lot of good tools for finding what you need on an intuitive platform focused around communities similar to Reddit.
Let’s be real Discord is popular because it does a lot of things really well.
Replying to @Sordid_Seraphim@lemmy.zip
it has a lot of good tools for finding what you need
As a moderator and the primary troubleshooter for a 12k member discord server, no the fuck it does not.
new user joins
Hey, how do I X?
It’s in pins.
new user joins
Hey, how do I Y?
It’s in pins.
new user joins
Hey, how do I Z?
It’s in pins.
Kill me. Or bring back old-school forums. One of the two.
Replying to @frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
Kill me. Or bring back old-school forums. One of the two.
A common thing you could read in old-school forums was “have you tried the search”, so I guess that leaves us with one option.