This chapter explores the challenges and advantages of using Slack and Discord for managing large online communities. The hosts discuss their transition from Slack, highlighting frustrations with its invite system and threading feature, and share positive early experiences with Discord. They evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of both platforms, ultimately aiming to help listeners choose the right tool for their community needs.
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about community building online — some of the different software techniques and things you can do to either get started with a web community or join one.
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Show Notes
7:16 - Chat options
9:00 - Forum based
- Indexable
- Searchable
- Slower communication
- Discourse
- Spectrum
- Facebook groups
- Reddit
- Syntax Reddit
27:27 - Commenting systems
- YouTube comments
- Comments systems in general
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