Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects
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  • @adrianmalacodaOP
    11•2 years ago

    Perceptive readers might have noticed that most of these arguments can be generalized. This article is much the same if we replace “Discord” with “GitHub”, for instance, or “Twitter” or “YouTube”. If your project depends on proprietary infrastructure, I want you to have a serious discussion with your collaborators about why. What do your choices mean for the long-term success of your project and the ecosystem in which it resides? Are you making smart investments, or just using tools which are popular or that you’re already used to?

    • Arcaneslime
      1•2 years ago

      Is there a good alternative for GitHub that respects privacy?

  • savoy
    10•2 years ago

    Which is a huge thorn in the side of the Rust community. Moving from IRC to Discord as their official platform for help/development is laughable when they could’ve simply moved to Libera.Chat or done the switch to Matrix.

    • DessalinesA
      7•2 years ago

      Why would they do that!?! What a weird move for mostly staunch FOSS advocates.