Re:Forum Channels: A space for organized conversations
by pier25 on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @03:01PM
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> I wonder why information-heavy communities chose "knowledge storage" in the form of Discord.
They don't. Obviously chats are not knowledge storages but a means for quick communication.
I think chats like Gitter, Slack, and Discord proliferated because the realtime thing makes people feel differently vs async communication.
But, like Discord realized, chats are just terrible tools for communities built around learning and solving problems (like dev communities around a tech project). There's no collective learning anymore, no stored knowledge, etc. And the problem gets worse as a community grows.
They don't. Obviously chats are not knowledge storages but a means for quick communication.
I think chats like Gitter, Slack, and Discord proliferated because the realtime thing makes people feel differently vs async communication.
But, like Discord realized, chats are just terrible tools for communities built around learning and solving problems (like dev communities around a tech project). There's no collective learning anymore, no stored knowledge, etc. And the problem gets worse as a community grows.