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for many years I was prejudiced against #discord , thinking it was a gamer's environment (clj.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by avelino@clj.social to c/foss@beehaw.org

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for many years I was prejudiced against #discord, thinking it was a gamer's environment
I always looked to Slack when it came to real-time communication for business/foss

well, I've been positively surprised by discord for communicating with the foss project community

#foss #opensource #community #oss !foss@beehaw.org !opensource@lemmy.ml

cc @foss @opensource

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[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Given Discord's history with certain kinds of content being shared on it, it's hard to fault them for doing this. But I agree, most FOSS enthusiasts are looking for something a little more private and in their control.