[asdff]

It might be better to instead say, what does a discord server offer to you that a mailing list does not for your technical user group? I think most people are on discord because its fashionable and they are unfamiliar with older technology like mailing lists, which were more common place when they were only children perhaps.

[supriyo-biswas]

> what does a discord server offer to you that a mailing list does not for your technical user group

Having to click on multiple links to just make sense of a conversation?

It's the reason I can't even get myself to follow places like NANOG and LKML; because the experience is just so painful. It makes you almost immediately want to disengage from the subject matter.

[johnny22]

I'm almost never looking for a mailing list. I've been on the internet for 20 years and they never fill the same niche as IRC. Same for discord. mailing lists can't do what it does.

[cowboylowrez]

I've never successfully used discord, sure I have an older computer and slow internet but I just don't understand why facebook and the like are fine but discord never displays for me.

[arcwhite]

I would love mailing lists to be a thing again, but the experience of using email is just so bad for me. The sheer amount of unsubscribing I have to do to make it usable - not even taking spam into account - makes email a place I don't want to spend any time.

[jart]

Staying one step ahead of HR and lawyers? They monitor everything you do over email.

[shiroiushi]

You should never use your work email for anything that isn't work-related.

[jart]

What exists in life besides work?