for many years I was prejudiced against #discord, thinking it was a gamer’s environment
I always looked to Slack when it came to real-time communication for business/foss
well, I’ve been positively surprised by discord for communicating with the foss project community
#foss #opensource #community #oss !foss@beehaw.org !opensource@lemmy.ml
cc @foss @opensource
THe problem is, Discord in’t really the type of platform for a good chunk of FOSS users though. Discord activly scans Messages vor activity that might break their ToS, even private Chats. This is a privacy violation which i and many other find to be quite uncool. This means you might lack the more privacy-focused users opinions.
Given Discord’s history with certain kinds of content being shared on it, it’s hard to fault them for doing this. But I agree, most FOSS enthusiasts are looking for something a little more private and in their control.
@H3wastooshort no doubt the issue is not privacy but open communication with a group of people
if the issue is privacy, discord is not the right tool
sorry for not making this clear enough in my original comment:
I would be concerned that a sizable chuck of the FOSS community would refuse to join a discord, on priciple, because they won’t support a company that is going against all of their ideals.