Personal Rant: Forum Posting vs Discord

[Corco 1,242]

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.

[Ahma 1,430]

#BringBackChat

 

@eaglesfan036

[Victor 10,946]

Yup this was a hotter debate 2-3 years back, I think the war is lost now.  

[Beketov 9,026]

[frescoelmo 1,276]

*AOL instant messenger has entered the chat*

[eaglesfan036 4,603]

Yea even MR Bring Back Chat is primarily a discord user now. I do miss the good old days

[eaglesfan036 4,603]

Geez - I feel old. Made that 10 years ago

 

[der meister 3,197]

Hey Corco. Long time. You're right.

[v.2 1,406]

add me on msn

[Daniel Janser 2,171]

ICQ anyone?

 

[OrbitingDeath 3,194]

If it wasn't for forums, Corco would have never recruited me to the VHL. Just saying.

[Triller 1,663]

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.

[Beketov 9,026]

16 hours ago, v.2 said:

add me on msn

Man, I miss the days of VHL MSN chats

[Greg_Di 1,022]

Same here, mostly visit the forums. Only in Discord for team LR but don't check on the VHL discord much. Should probably start to check in more often.