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[Hernan Wilkinson]

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On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 9:29 AM Mariano Montone via Cuis-dev <
cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

> El 17/5/22 a las 01:31, Shaping via Cuis-dev escribió:
>
> You don’t need to setup your own server for that, I was just suggesting to
> use an image hosting service… there are many, for example imgbb.com.
>
>
>
> The response is the same:  why would I do that?  How is any addition setup
> faster than just inserting the image into the e-mail?
>
>
>
> Ever used Discord?
>
> I think one of the problems is that Discord and a mailing list encourage
> different types of communication. So, it is not clear that using something
> as Discord is gonna be a clear win. For example, look at this page where
> they complain about it:
> https://kotaku.com/please-stop-closing-forums-and-moving-people-to-discord-1847684851
>
> Being that true or not, my point is that it has to be a change that needs
> to be considered carefully.
>
> That being said, sometimes I wish I could just make a question without
> having to create a new "conversation thread" (new email, subject,etc), but
> previous attempts of using IRC for example have not caught on, because the
> community is too small.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mariano
>
> PD: I quote from link above:
>
> "Discord is great for talking in the moment. It’s a place for real-time
> conversations (or at lease those a few hours old if they’re not as busy), a
> fancy way to manage multiple chat rooms and voice comms, and if that’s what
> you want—and millions of people around the world do, for loads of needs and
> wants—then great!
>
> Forums aren’t the same though. They’re nothing like it. Forums are more
> deliberate, more considered, and while they’re far from perfect—I’m sure
> you can post a billion examples of people being neither deliberate nor
> considered on forums—the point is that they’re more permanent.
>
> Forums create a record, an archive we can search through, so that whenever
> we want to revisit issues, or find help with a problem, or see what was
> happening during a certain time, we can do that. There’s a paper trail, and
> while sometimes that leads to embarrassing takes on tv shows and game
> reveals, other times it’s providing an enormous help with technical issues
> or parts of a game you’re stuck on.
>
> Discord simply can’t provide that. It’s a river running in real-time, and
> while it does have search functions, the way the whole app is structured
> means you’re simply never going to get the same levels of detailed
> discussion or archived information as we can get from forums. If places
> want to open a Discord and run that as something *else*, then cool, but
> using it as a *replacement* for forums is a disaster."
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