[Teknomancer]

> discord is unfortunately not search indexed.

Using discord, etc for any open source project discussions is really unproductive.

Get it that people like the immediacy of chat style communication. But it seems to encourage way more noise and less thoughtful dialogue. The worst aspect is that it locks away a lot of useful information. Trying to dig through chat histories for information is a horrible experience.

[MetaWhirledPeas]

> But it seems to encourage way more noise and less thoughtful dialogue.

But compare it to something like Microsoft support forums and you immediately realize why people are using it. It might not be the best implementation of chat, but the immediacy and lack of formality are undeniably valuable.

[Teknomancer]

Comparing MS support forums to turd makes the turd seem better. It's a poor example. Discord sucks.