Comment on Can we please unpin the proprietary off-site/off-network promotion of discord

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deweydecibel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

It’s because Discord provides a functionality Lemmy does not yet offer. Forums having a connected chatroom is not a new thing at all, and that was true with subreddits and discords. Easy, instant communication for the community, particularly it’s management, is useful. Back when I moderated forums, the mod teams had a private mod forum, but also hung out in thw IRC chat.

The problem isn’t the existence of a chatroom, it’s that they used Discord. But I don’t believe there’s a fediverse alternative for chat functionality like that, at least not yet.

Discord is also a useful reference point for new users who may need guidanton how to use lemmy, but already know how to use discord. Call it onboarding if you like.

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