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Re:Slack wants to become the 'long-term memory' for organiza... by CrimsonRain on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @06:43AM (#40786782)
That's called Discord.
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Re:Slack wants to become the 'long-term memory' for organiza... by dkdbejwi383 on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @07:20AM (#40787064)
Maybe I'm just old but I find the UX of Discord pretty bad. Not just aesthetics, but the entire information hierarchy doesn't really work for me. Perhaps it's because it started as a gaming thing (IIRC?) before branching out to more general use cases.
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Re:Slack wants to become the 'long-term memory' for organiza... by CrimsonRain on Friday July 05, 2024 @05:06AM (#40881088)
On the other hand, millions of people are using it everyday as their primary comm app.

Discord does a lot more than a typical chat app like messenger/whataspp and thus UI is more complex. But it is not bad; let alone pretty bad. Their UX is amazing. Complex but great.

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Re:Slack wants to become the 'long-term memory' for organiza... by CuriouslyC on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @07:45AM (#40787283)
I'd host a private IRC server before I contributed to their success.
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Re:Slack wants to become the 'long-term memory' for organiza... by CrimsonRain on Friday July 05, 2024 @05:08AM (#40881098)
I've used IRC for many years. If that serves your needs, you can surely use it.

But discord is simply the best messaging app out there. Ofc I'd love to have a self hosted discord but...

Anyways, you are free to stay in denial.

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