Re:What I've learned about Open Source community over 30 years
by chuckadams on Thursday July 04, 2024 @11:14AM
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Of course Discourse is searchable, it wouldn't be much of a discussion board if it wasn't. Many Discourse-based fora I've been on even do a live search as you type the subject of a post, something that turns out really handy for community support boards.
Discord's lack of searchability is certainly a biggie, but having all history locked away and unexportable in any way is the worst part of it.
And damn the two similar names are confusing, I find myself typing one when I meant the other...
Discord is out not because it's proprietary, but because it doesn't have usable history. They could be GPL and they'd still be bad.