Comment on Discord gets improvements for video on Linux PCs and Steam Deck
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks agoI’m not endorsing Discord. All I was saying is that it is better to have a Linux client available for those who want to use it than not. To encourage the widest switch to Linux, commonly used software must be available on the platform.
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
The entire internet would be a whole lot better if the kind of information and help people currently turn to discord for was still primarily done on public web forums like it was from practically the dawn of the internet up until discord and other corporate trash just all of a sudden be came “essential” for everyone. Discord is actively harming our ability to archive and share data and they are profiting massively from it, it is objectively bad for the internet and bad for open source.
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
I don’t disagree. The way I use discord and they way it works best is for small communities, like my guild where we can use it as a cross-game communication.
It really does suck for things like reference information and asking questions. Not only because it isn’t publicly available, but just because finding that information within the platform itself is difficult.
I find it very frustrating that Nobara Linux uses Discord for support. I’m sure I could have used an answer that someone else asked previously, that is really difficult to find.