We all know that Discord sux ballz. Here are some reasons why it sux ballz:
- [money] Proprietary [money]
- [money] Overpriced "Nitro" [money]
- You have to follow THEIR rules [alien]
- They're watching you at all times... [alien] [alien] [alien]
- It's almost TOO easy to join a community...
We want people that truly care about the community.
No influx of new people DOES NOT EQUAL community death.
WHADDA WE DO???
We are already moving in the direction of a Discord-less community.
For one, this forum is a step in the right direction. I urge people to make posts on here about whatever they want. Active discussion is what keeps a community alive, not new (and usually careless) members that bloat it.
UMM OKAY... IS THAT IT??
NO!!!
I call for an IRC server, where most of our everyday talk will be. The JBMod Discord server is just a glorified IRC server.
Include important channels like #announcements, #rules
Include general channels like #talk, #memes, #help
Include specific channels like #play-together (to find others to play with), #shill (to post and shill out your creations)
More complex help information, tutorials, work-arounds, suggestions, and complete showoffs of creations will go on this forum.
The big pluses of having our own IRC server:
- Open-source [awesome]
- Free!!! [awesome]
- Whatever rules we want [awesome] [alien] [anglerfishie]
- Complete privacy [awesome]
- Requires some know-how to join, which gatekeeps small children and careless would-be members. [jbmodandroids]
- Matrix (Element, Synapse/Dendrite)
- Bulletin Board System (BBS) ooh how vintage!
- Imageboard (4chan/soyjak.party comes to mind)