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Wait, what are people using it for? I use discord for shooting the shit with people about video games and politics.
That's fine. Unfortunately people are using it to coordinate open source software development. I don't know how people do it. You have to use the search box and scroll through hundreds of chat messages to find some code you need. It doesn't show up on google. It's just horrible.
That is mind blowing to me. I wouldn’t even think of it for anything meaningful.
anything communication wise its versatile.
I've seen so many IT projects, associations, communities of minorities using discord in lieu of wikis, forums, documentation, etc. I personally know a marginalized community with a dire need of visibility, information and stuff that has everything locked behind their discord server and everything is about to be lost. It's both extremely sad and a huge "told you so years ago"
Pretty much anything 3d printing-related has a discord. Want to build a specific type of printer? Latest info is always on the discord, and if you don't check it you'll find yourself with pieces that don't fit together.