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We're talking about discord and why people use that and not other technology. 99% of the people on discord are not involved with FOSS, but they are what make the platform attractive.
No, this instance is federated and not a traditional forum.
No, it's fine if that support is given via the git platform, and it's also fine if it takes a while. And it's also fine if the question goes unanswered.
Yes. Because it is functionally no different than a forum main page where so many new topics get created that questions people don't get to get buried. And also, I've never seen that happen with chats. What I have seen is that people didn't have time or interest to answer my question. Which is fine because they owe me nothing. But a forum would not have "solved" that.
Dunno what to tell you, but I made meme about FLOSS communities using discord and you're talking to me about the other "99%". Not my problem if you go off-topic.
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