[popinman322]

As someone who participates in relatively high information density Discord servers (mostly ML related), search is rarely a problem for me. Yes, you need to do keyword search, but it's not the end of the world-- whenever I've needed to find a message 1-3 years back, I've found it successfully. Even in servers that I'm relatively new to.

[MrDrMcCoy]

I believe they meant "not searchable from an external search engine", which is a serious issue in many people's view (including mine). I would also suggest that it's a problem that chats are not browsable, because if you're new to a particular problem, you may not know what keywords you need to search for. With a forum, there are categories you can browse and usually discover the keywords you need much easier.

[SirMaster]

It can be searchable from a search engine.

https://www.answeroverflow.com/

[LorenzoGood]

That ain't google

[SirMaster]

It's indexed by Google...

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aansweroverflow.com+c%...