Post 9sIB9ajIM2vOIGD6bQ by quarky@feather.city
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 (DIR) Post #9sIB9ajIM2vOIGD6bQ by quarky@feather.city
       2020-02-22T09:39:01Z
       
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       lots of talk around discord and its place in oss communities, and I can definitely understand the issues with using it exclusively. and I definitely see the appeal of selfhosting mattermost and a slack-like workflow for people who are "in" the teambut what about outreach to average people? most folks I see want that less formal unordered chat arrangement, and I'm yet to see a viable, responsible option there
       
 (DIR) Post #9sIBAFaASsz8zpFtZI by quarky@feather.city
       2020-02-22T09:41:11Z
       
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       IRC is probably the closest, but has a myriad of issues that keep it in the past, mostly around mobile apps and log-keepingMatrix is too damn hard for a new user to get set up, while the communities feature is confusing and more of a filter than real separation..and then what? a forum? making a forum thread requires a certain amount of confidence in your question that I wonder if many have..
       
 (DIR) Post #9sIBAqFC9pC4hUjAW0 by quarky@feather.city
       2020-02-22T09:42:59Z
       
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       like.. me, community co-runner me, can post a link and say "join the discord!" and there's people talking about using the project and supporting each other and posting images of the cool things they didI struggle to think of another platform where I've seen that happen for randos
       
 (DIR) Post #9sIDDM1x9BMvlurLtY by null@pl.devfs.xyz
       2020-02-22T10:18:42.598812Z
       
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       @quarky there’s always XMPP but most of the clients aren’t really there atmthe servers and the protocol however is totally rock solid