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  • 51dusty@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I will never understand the move from forums to discord. when discord is the only way to get assistance, I go find another product.

    • John@lemmy.ml
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      7 days ago

      It was one of the first to make voice chat really really easy for gamers. Yes vent and ts existed before, but discord made it soooo easy and had integrated irc-style chat

      • Vespair@lemmy.zip
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        7 days ago

        Maybe I’m stupid or something, but I’ve always found Discord complicated as hell to use for anything whereas Vent is simple af

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      7 days ago

      It’s easier to set up than a forum. I suppose. But messier.

      A forum is much better suited for the purpose a lot of people are using Discord for.

      They should be using Discord for voice chat and streaming, that’s what it’s good at. Use a fairly tool for what it does well. Not for what it does poorly.