On 9/14/20 12:36 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
what is discord, and how does it fit into or around or on top of (1)
the mailing list and (2) the facebook group ?
It's like a fancier modern IRC with history/persistence. Browser based.
Chat room via browser basically.
People tend to have it running in a side window or background, where
you're "in" the room all day, but you don't sit there paying full
attention to it. You keep an eye on it and read when you want, and if
someone says something to you directly or mentions you it alerts you so
you can respond.
In a work context, I think it's horrible. It's a pure source of
interruptions and keeping your train of thought broken and keeping you
from ever getting deep into the puzzle-solving zone where you can
actually get anything but low hanging fruit done.
Outside of work... I drop in to a couple rooms on specific topics or
projects for a bit once in a while, mostly just to ask about something
and get my answer.
It's like a hang-out space. It can possibly be nice with people you want
to hang out with and who want to talk about the same things. The
immediacy and short back & forth cycle has it's place.
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bkw
