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Personal Rant: Forum Posting vs Discord


Corco

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First and foremost, I am not  a heavy discord user; I have an account, but I rarely log on, and when I do, it's usually when I would get a "hey I sent you a message on Discord" message.  I'm sure that this topic has likely been already discussed ad nauseum, but in my personal opinion, I feel that Discord as a whole takes away from a lot of what made the VHL so fun [for me] in the first place. When I joined the VHL in S28, Discord was still around 3 real-life years away from being released, and I feel like at that time compared to now, there was much more discourse relating to the league happening on the forums. Don't get me wrong, I think that the league is healthier than ever, and I'm willing to [begrudgingly] admit that Discord is a big factor towards that. But for example, in three locker rooms that I have access to all of the last posts were made at least a year ago. That's crazy to me! 

 

Discord Pros:

  • Very accessible on mobile, which in conjunction with the Portal, seems to be the way that many members access the league now
  • More personal communication. The league originally used to have a live chat feature on the website (separate from PMs), and I know that a lot of members were big fans of it
  • Linking of various accounts across different platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, etc.) allows members to connect more than ever

 

Discord Cons:

  • Lack of searchability over time. Older topics and posts eventually become near-impossible to find
  • Can be hard to "catch up" on the conversation at a given time due to the constant chat stream

 

I understand that the adoption of Discord has greatly benefitted the league as a whole and that it isn't going anywhere anytime soon, but I do miss the early days of my VHL career where the league discussion felt much more centralized than it does now.

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15 hours ago, Corco said:

Can be hard to "catch up" on the conversation at a given time due to the constant chat stream

Good thing here is that you typically aren't missing out on anything interesting.

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