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by Obertr 1173 days ago
The idea is great, but isn't discord server enough for this?
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Discord and Slack chat rooms are some of the worst tools for community building. The only reason they are popular is because they are free. It has absolutely no aspect of a community and makes it incredibly hard to have multiple threads of conversations.
I think this project should double down on the getting to know new people aspect and not bother with the messaging aspect.
Which discord server? What if community is on reddit? How do you search for people within your timezone, location, language and are learning same thing together in discord?
Indeed. I found Reddit + Discord sufficient to meet others and make good friends (to this day) when I was self learning Maths.