I wonder if reddit’s ffxiv community decide to move to this community here or somewhere else and what the plans are, because it looks like an indefinite blackout. Probably most are on Discord, but still wondering about all of this.
From what I’ve seen, they’re probably focused on getting everything on Discord. Yesterday I remember seeing some pinned messages about channels to check out as replacements for the Daily Questions Megathread as well as the weekly rotating Megathreads.
Would love to see more people hop on here though, I believe this is the most populated FFXIV (heck FF in general) Community.
Hopefully here, I don’t want to support discord trying to become more like every other social app.
also discord is just awful to archive and you cant search it from outside the app. thats why im happy the balance finally has a website
I don’t know how Discord became the end all be all for everything. Maybe it’s because it’s so easy to start a server? Either way as you said it’s terrible for searching and having asynchronous conversations.
I think it mostly comes down to the fact that Discord has become so synonymous with PC gaming in general, that it is almost an expectation that if you play games on PC, you more than likely have a Discord account as well. That then creates a feedback loop where it becomes more convenient to use than other platforms, therefore it gets more popular, which makes it more convenient, etc.
I agree. I just can’t keep up with everything on Discord, especially larger channels. It can’t replace open searchable content on the web (such as forums) by a long shot.
