Ask HN: Why are so many OSS communities on Discord?

Re:Ask HN: Why are so many OSS communities on Discord? by andrew_shay on Saturday September 23, 2023 @04:07PM (#37626970)

It's super easy, no maintenance, and free.

Every minute spent dealing with a chat server is one less minute working on your project, or spending time with your family.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are so many OSS communities on Discord? by epolanski on Saturday September 23, 2023 @07:02PM (#37628414)

This.

And it saves all the history, which slack puts behind paywall.

Also, it has neat features like conferencing.

Some of the OSS I follow do nice QAs, presentations, etc on Discord, that just didn't happen or was unfriendly.

I've been on Zulip, Matrix, Libera and Freenode before, discord is simply easier for users and admins.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are so many OSS communities on Discord? by animeshz on Sunday September 24, 2023 @02:58PM (#37636097)

This is best answer ever, I've always struggled to set up matrix/irc clients, and it always lived on cliff of the edge, I barely was able to use subset of the features.

With discord, I could use those time working on the project!!!

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