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Re:r/ChangeMyView Is Graduating Reddit: Introducing ChangeAV... by MuffinFlavored on Saturday April 06, 2019 @07:38PM (#19593726)
Let's make a web-browser-accessible persistent IRC with threads and no scores?
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Re:r/ChangeMyView Is Graduating Reddit: Introducing ChangeAV... by chipotle_coyote on Saturday April 06, 2019 @07:49PM (#19593772)
I believe you've described a major chunk of Slack's business model.
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Re:r/ChangeMyView Is Graduating Reddit: Introducing ChangeAV... by MuffinFlavored on Saturday April 06, 2019 @08:13PM (#19593876)
That's for team communication, not the same niche that reddit/Hacker News fill.
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Re:r/ChangeMyView Is Graduating Reddit: Introducing ChangeAV... by maxerickson on Saturday April 06, 2019 @09:03PM (#19594091)
It's also used by "interest groups".

OpenStreetMap-US has a slack with ~1400 people.

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Re:r/ChangeMyView Is Graduating Reddit: Introducing ChangeAV... by colordrops on Saturday April 06, 2019 @11:38PM (#19594666)
Doesn't Discord fill the special interest group chat niche?
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Re:r/ChangeMyView Is Graduating Reddit: Introducing ChangeAV... by MuffinFlavored on Sunday April 07, 2019 @01:37AM (#19595016)
Chat, yes.

I wouldn't call HackerNews just a chat. It's articles, then some chat in the comments. That wouldn't work well with Discord I don't think? The main goal of HackerNews (for me) is to load it up, scroll, consume posts from the day, contribute/collaborate/ask questions/ etc. Discord is more about being engaged in the conversation as it is happening

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Re:r/ChangeMyView Is Graduating Reddit: Introducing ChangeAV... by chipotle_coyote on Sunday April 07, 2019 @03:09PM (#19599177)
No, but Slack arguably serves as a "web-browser-accessible persistent IRC with threads and no scores." I suspect what that describes wouldn't serve the same niche as Reddit/HN, either. It could, but the vibe would be very different.
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Re:r/ChangeMyView Is Graduating Reddit: Introducing ChangeAV... by progval on Sunday April 07, 2019 @03:51AM (#19595429)
IRCCloud. I'm not sure they have threads already, but they are close.
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