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While looking for Discord alternatives I came across this project which looks like a great alternative for the kinds of Discord servers centered around Open Source projects and organizations. Ones where live chat and voice rooms aren't the focus.

It's a combination of forums and knowledge base that would be perfect for this use case.

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[โ€“] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's because it aims to replace one of the wrong use cases that projects (FOSS or not) weirdly decide to use Discord for, such as replacement for a "contact forum" or "support forum".

[โ€“] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Such a great point.

I've refused to use software that require things like Discord or Telegram for support.

Use a proper tool on your website.