• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Having to join a server before you see its content is a good thing though.

    Joining to browse is in no way a good thing. Join to speak, yes. Join to read, no.

    • Vlyn@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      I think your view of servers here is wrong. They are literally named communities, as in private spaces. You get access if you’re part of that community, otherwise you don’t.

      Discord servers are not public websites or a wiki anyone can access, they are not supposed to be.

      IRC is a tiny bit more open, but even there you need to join a channel to read it and you can get kicked out. For reading the logs a bot saved away you might need an account too (but that’s up to the server admin or whoever is hosting that content).

      • Cake@lemmy.gockandgum.party
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        1 year ago

        Issue with what you are saying is that I have seen a crap ton of software ( Foss software too ) using discord forums / discord I’m general as their “knowledge base” making it quite hard to find solutions for problems or ask questions, where in the past you’d be using a forum for.

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          Forums in the past always needed an account (with its own registration, accepting rules and so on) before you could ask your question. Hell, a lot of forums barely showed anything besides 2-3 topics and you needed to be logged in to see all areas (sometimes with extra user roles if you wanted to see more).