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dfxm12 6 days ago

Some discussions benefit from real time communication, some don't. More than considering what the "best" platform is, I wish my org would pick one thing in each category and stick with it. We don't need teams AND slack. We don't need teams AND zoom... I think that's where the real problem lies. It's harder to get comfortable with the software this way.

diggan 6 days ago | parent [-]

> Some discussions benefit from real time communication, some don't

Agree :) Consensus in the development community seems to be "Everything should be in Discord/Slack/Teams", so moving towards what you mention would be great.

> I think that's where the real problem lies

That certainly does sound like an issue, but I cannot say I've ever experienced it myself, maybe I've been lucky. At "worst", sometimes there is one tool for private/internal use, but for public community, Discord would be chosen, for example. But never "We're using both Slack and Teams internally", that'd be crazy.

The number of times a development community I want to join is exclusively on Discord though, instead of a public forum, is something I constantly encounter.

anthk 5 days ago | parent [-]

Discord it's a turd. It's a silo. And, if Discord deletes a group, good luck backing up your data. Gone. Forever.

Sohcahtoa82 5 days ago | parent [-]

People are pushing Discord to be something it's not.

Discord is a replacement for IRC and Ventrilo/Teamspeak/Mumble. It's NOT a replacement for forums or subreddits, no matter how much people try to push it as one.

Yeah, you can't easily back up all your discussions, but most people weren't doing that with IRC anyways.