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5th October 2024
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Michael Fernie suggests...


I don't really like Discord. Forums are much more useful in many cases. So many companies are closing their forums and using Discord instead. I hate it. That being said younger users only know and want Discord. It seems to be the way of the future. I'm happy AGameAWeek has a Discord. Might help to find some new community members.


And I wholeheartedly agree. I've not really "done" Discord in the past, but since starting to use ArtFlow.ai, I've become somewhat a regular over on their Discord.
But they don't have a forum, so it seemed "ok" to use the Discord.

But anything posted over on a Discord server is being done on a Discord server, not "here"..
And (god forbid) if Discord burns and dies, everything will be lost.
Heck, things pretty much get lost from Discord once they've scrolled off the screen.

I'm well aware that if this site burns and dies, that EVERYTHING will be gone.. But then everything will be gone similarly, at the same time, so you've lost everything, not half bits here and there!
That is to say..
PlayMyCode went away and took 33 games down with it. You can't play those, but they're still mentioned here and there on the site if you dig deep.
If JSE goes down, JSE is part of this server, so people won't "miss" any JSE games because they won't be linked anywhere.

Same with discussions.
What's discussed "on this server" stays with the server until it's gone.
With Discord, not so much.

I honestly think I would prefer doing my own forum. And I've often berated Discord for not being "My own forum"

Heck, I could even be really lazy. I have the SoCoder script, and I can easily use that to create a special AGameAWeek edition of it, in an instant.
I could also do with making a JSE focussed forum, and that would be easy to do, too.

Or I could just say "Hey, why not just expand SoCoder with a few extra sections..?"
But then I'm also at risk of making SoCoder the "Jay Site".
Hmmm...
Three forums...?
That'd be crazy, right?!

I dunno.

Thoughts and suggestions welcome, be it in the comments, or over on the Discord!!!

OR.. Maybe register over at SoCoder.net, and let me know if it's worth blending everything together into one glorious whole...

.. I'm not sure the regulars at SoCoder would appreciate the site being turned any more Jay-Centric than it already is, though.

So, um, maybe AGameAWeek.com Forum ..?
Hmmm.

Let me know.

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