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Re:Show HN: Indexing Discord content into the web – Answer O... by esafak on Sunday June 18, 2023 @06:32PM (#36385213)
It's not made for knowledge discovery; it's for gamers. Just look at that busy UI! The content is assumed to have no historical value.
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Re:Show HN: Indexing Discord content into the web – Answer O... by mavhc on Monday June 19, 2023 @02:58AM (#36388100)
But because it's free, and forums suck, people are using it for knowledge
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Re:Show HN: Indexing Discord content into the web – Answer O... by Zetobal on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @02:58AM (#36400613)
Forums don't suck it's accessibility the biggest strength of discord is probably that they let you discover the communities and even take part in the conversation without signing up. It's just like IRC back in the day choose a username and of you go and if you like it converting the temp account to a normal one is just 2 clicks.
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Re:Show HN: Indexing Discord content into the web – Answer O... by mavhc on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @04:32AM (#36401209)
Forums are terrible compared to Usenet, multiple clicks to see new posts, at least Discord has alt-shift-up/down
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