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Storyden: A forum for the modern age. (www.storyden.org)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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While looking for Discord alternatives I came across this project which looks like a great alternative for the kinds of Discord servers centered around Open Source projects and organizations. Ones where live chat and voice rooms aren't the focus.

It's a combination of forums and knowledge base that would be perfect for this use case.

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[–] 21 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I find it strange that they themselves have a Discord link in the footer.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    Because it's not for replacing discord it's a modern version of phpbb or vbulliten forums, the OP mentions this

    Ones where live chat and voice rooms aren’t the focus.

    It’s a combination of forums and knowledge base that would be perfect for this use case.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    That is correct. However, OP says right before:

    a great alternative for the kinds of Discord servers centered around Open Source projects and organizations

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    That's because it aims to replace one of the wrong use cases that projects (FOSS or not) weirdly decide to use Discord for, such as replacement for a "contact forum" or "support forum".

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I know, I literally quoted the line after it to put emphasis on the fact he wasn't saying it's a discord replacement but one where live chat and voice rooms aren't the focus

    tbh he could have just said it's a new type of forum because it really has nothing to do with discord at all

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 5 months ago

    It has unfortunately, a lot to do with Discord. I am a members of a dozen or so Discord servers, none of which are used for live chat, audio, screen sharing, etc. This software would be a 1:1 replacement for all of those servers.

    You should be correct in saying that this software is not a replacement for Discord, but it is, just not in every single instance.

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