• TheMalWare@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    The blackout was useless because most subreddits didn’t even provide an alternative on Lemmy or elsewhere.

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      8 months ago

      The ones that did picked… Discord.

      Because a chatroom with the exact same issues they were blacking out Reddit over embracing was going to be a viable alternative to a community forum.

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        8 months ago

        Man I really don’t get how discord has become the default for so many things. It’s chat. It’s persistent, but not in a way that’s easy to look through. Like, support forums or discussions about things that aren’t just fleeting? Whyyy

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          8 months ago

          It’s free and easy to set up, plus pretty much everyone already has an account