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@gotwf said in Use forums rather than Slack/Discord to support developer community [mooreds.com]:

here is also #nodebb on libera.chat.

Gotta love that IRC.

yeah, I really don't see much utility in temporal mediums like Slack over that of IRC.

On my phone though, I feel everyone's pain who isn't smart enough to install Weechat support so they're always connected, but other than that. IRC is lightweight, and simple and to the point - and ANY chat based system is temporal and the relevant info scrolls away (unlike forum software).

So yah, IRC is king in that regard, and if you wan't pretty pictures you can bridge your Libera.Chat chans with matrix so why is Slack even a thing?

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LIke I said, I'm quite impressed with NodeBB so far, I've participated in a couple of boards that weren't so up to date and even they were really nice.

First thing I did though, to get rid of all that ugliness, what to track down theming in the settings and go to Darkly for the sake of my eyes. I just no longer care much for that bleach bottle supermarket blaring lights aesthetic.

Okay, here's what I'm doing. Trying to decide whether I like NodeBB or Flarum for an upcoming project. And regardless, I'm also going to be looking for a way to migrate a few entire communities over from Discourse too (Those bozos won't even support their own product unless you can say "docker run").

I guess the next thing I need to do is send a few PMs to myself and check out how Markdown is handled so I don't get on anyone's nerves lolz.

In all of your guy's comparisons, most of which went waaaaay off-topic, I didn't read anywhere that anyone capitalized upon the fact that one nice attraction of NodeBB over that of Flarum, is that it's currently in the list of one-click installs at Cloudron.io

Just thought I'd throw that in there

Well, I gotta run, I've got a misbehaving mail server and one never knows how long those calamities will take to fix lolz.

Glad to be here and I'm sure I'll be asking for a lot of community support in the future!

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@volanar Yes that's one reason Discord is definitely not being considered.

Okay, if you're bringing in $150K/mo on hosting subscriptions then why are you looking for seed investors?

All that ever tells me when I see it is that they cannot live within their means, and/or they see the twilight coming and want cash for a parachute.

Just arrived.

Trying to decide between Flarem and NodeBB, and finding this thread that is laced with such off-topic ranting of, "Is Rails still relevant", or, "Should people use Slack instead of forum software?" Just crap. Addresses none of y questions comparing Discourse and NodeBB. Y'know, I'm not even gonna go there. The thread is about the comparison between two fora platforms and even though it's based at one of the homes it's not able to stay on topic!

Well. I understand passion, and I certainly don't let crap like this sway me one way or the other in making a decision, but Geez people! It would be nice to have used this forum as a measure of helping me to make the determination I'm after lolz....

So, I know I don't want discord anymore, they won't even support manual build/installs, so they can take a hike (Like they're support was worth anything anyway).

But yah, I"m looking into the advantages between Flarem and NodeBB at this time.

Um.......

Why would anyone run that Slack crap anyway? At least use MatterMost if you're not going to go full Matrix. Geez! lolz.

Best wishes everybody. I'm sure I'll need support in the future here

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