Re: New forum software?
Posted: 15 Nov 2021, 19:37
I'll just weigh in on this real quick -- I find it incredibly obnoxious when asterisks don't stay asterisks, because occasionally I just want some asterisks, damn it. BBcode is easy to remember by comparison for someone who isn't always dealing with Markdown, as well. I also would strongly object to moving to something just because everyone else is using it, because things don't necessarily get adopted because they're good -- it's often just because they're cheap, and I don't mean in terms of computing power.
Re: advantages of Discord -- centralization means convenience for the end user, at least in the short term. If you're willing to put up with excessive centralization, turning Discord into a hub for dealing with literally everything is easier than going between sites for various purposes, same reason as Facebook and Twitter are as huge as they are despite being hot garbage. In other words, it's probably easier to get people to use Discord because they don't have to leave Discord to do it. No replicating that with forum software.
Re: advantages of Discord -- centralization means convenience for the end user, at least in the short term. If you're willing to put up with excessive centralization, turning Discord into a hub for dealing with literally everything is easier than going between sites for various purposes, same reason as Facebook and Twitter are as huge as they are despite being hot garbage. In other words, it's probably easier to get people to use Discord because they don't have to leave Discord to do it. No replicating that with forum software.