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Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects (drewdevault.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Forums are a better technology but come with hosting costs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

The dumb part about that, though, is that it's considerably easy to spin up a forum with a free forum host and you get significantly more control and customization than what Discord gives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Discourse is a forum platform and now has a similar layout like Discord.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

When things seem free, you're not the customer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

When profit is the motive you are not the customer, the shareholders are