@mattcen New game challenge: Stop using Discord for documentation. Level: Impossible.

@mattcen there's seriously not much excuse anymore, is there

@mattcen ```js
console.log("b-b-but what about my code formatting!?");
```

https://github.com/trishume/syntect

@mattcen Stop using Google docs for your open stuff.

EFA I'm looking at you.

Lists of academics by discipline on Mastodon I'm looking at you.

I get that when you're working on stuff and not getting paid for it, it can make sense to seek the platforms with the lowest friction and barriers to entry, but between IRC, #Matrix (and by extension, Gitter), and #XMPP, there are plenty of options that don't include vendor lock-in.

@mattcen stop using discord at all

@mattcen It's OK I communicate with people entirely through YouTube.

@mattcen
And stop using github, too

@mattcen My god, I would love to boost this more. The discorse and talks for an open source project should be out in the open. That means communication channels that are easy to read and search. Discord isn't easy to search. Even when a user _does_ have a Discord account, they need to be a member of the server just to look for anything and talk.

@mattcen also stop using github if you can because we have seen with reddit and twitter etc.. it *will* eventually crash and burn

But i expect people just to call me alarmist over this

@mattcen The problem is that the only FOSS remplacement of discord (i don't remember it's name) is not yet mature, and there's no other FOSS software that looks remotely like discord.

@mattcen
Until someone matches the spend / effort that Discord puts into their user onboarding you will never meaningfully compete with them.

Maybe, if there were OSS/FOSS options out there that spent 1/100th as much time or effort as Discord does to onboard/migrate users, onboard/migrate community managers, and allow simple community management as well as automation, you'd have a snowball's chance in hell of convincing anyone to listen to your argument.

@mattcen Stop using Discord* #ftfy :}

@mattcen

Session or Signal?

@mattcen I hope for the return of wikis and random (but search-indexable!) text files in the "/docs/randomhints" directory of the git repo!

@mattcen even in commercial development, yes you'll use realtime chat (either voice or text) but any decisions from that on what needs doing get written into a ticket

your source control repo has a ticket system built in, and probably comes with somewhere permanent to store documentation

@mattcen I totally agree, but unfortunately the features that Discord has at the moment are unparalleled by any of the current open-source offerings - hopefully that changes quickly as the #fediverse becomes more popular

@mattcen and please consider https://discourse.org as well! Fully open source, decentralized.

@mattcen Rocket Chat seems like a good alternative too: https://www.rocket.chat/

@mattcen @skry why qualify it? ;-)

@mattcen stop using discord.

@mattcen yes please

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YEEESSSS. Why do people do this? Isn't open source supposed to have the RTFM mindset? Now we need to beg contributors/managers to write the dang thing

@mattcen@aus.social s/open-source//g

@mattcen@aus.social stop using discord

@mattcen i have read through the thread (mostly) and do not see a compelling argument for why i should stop using Discord (using it more than mastodon).

What if there was a Discord clone on GitHub and named Fosscord?

@mattcen Revolt.chat is a better alternative...

@mattcen better use @revoltchat instead.

@mattcen @pearofdoom "Stop using Discord"... would've been enough, for me...

I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it

@mattcen louder for GloriousEggroll in the back, who posts this in GitHub readme DUDE THERE'S AN ISSUE TRACKER LITERALLY ONE A CLICK AWAY

@mattcen I guess by the same extension, anything beyond just git on GitHub too? Such as Projects and Discussions?

@mattcen Amen. I have been interested in the Open 3D Engine for a while and it annoys how they use Discord. The reason must be that Amazon, Microsoft, Niantic and other folks are involved in it and perhaps for them creating a Discord "server" is intuitive.... but not for everyone else.

@mattcen @dalcacer This sentence already ends after the third word.

@mattcen@aus.social The one and ONLY thing I use discord for...

... is playing D&D with my bi-coastal party

@mattcen this .. so much ..
#Irssi +#Irc gets the job done.
#Ssh + #Tmux + #Irssi + #Irc for serious needs.

@mattcen Also Discourse. Terrible forums do not replace mailing lists.