Re:Think Twice Before You Use Discord for Your Community
by quickthrower2 on Saturday August 05, 2023 @06:37AM
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The key point is owning your own domain as well. Without that you are kickoffable by whoever owns the domain you are using.
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Re:Think Twice Before You Use Discord for Your Community
by sdfzguf on Saturday August 05, 2023 @10:58AM
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Even with an own domain, you're not 100% save. But I agree nevertheless.
Re:Think Twice Before You Use Discord for Your Community
by quickthrower2 on Saturday August 05, 2023 @08:39PM
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Yes own domain plus self host for communities is necessary to really own it. Either but not both can leave you with an issue.
Re:Think Twice Before You Use Discord for Your Community
by mangoscribble on Saturday August 05, 2023 @08:42PM
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the main issue is $$$
Re:Think Twice Before You Use Discord for Your Community
by quickthrower2 on Saturday August 05, 2023 @11:54PM
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$20/y should be enough. That is a lot for some people though. But for a business it should be no big deal.
Re:Think Twice Before You Use Discord for Your Community
by Etrnl_President on Sunday August 06, 2023 @03:58PM
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You can host a simple forum on a RaspberryPi, you can stack a few of them together for better performance.
Just food for thought.
Re:Think Twice Before You Use Discord for Your Community
by mangoscribble on Monday August 07, 2023 @08:52AM
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need to pay $$ for static IP address
Re:Think Twice Before You Use Discord for Your Community
by creamyhorror on Monday August 07, 2023 @06:28PM
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It's just the cost of doing business with some control. Get a cheap domain and a low-end VPS/VM with a fixed IP (Vultr, DO, Hetzner). You can't really expect to get everything free.