30 Aug
2023
30 Aug
'23
11:52 a.m.
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simply don’t watch it. Don’t blame the medium.
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I'm sorry but I have to disagree. The way that discord presents the information vs a
forum style or even Facebook style is, to me, very very distracting and hard to
communicate across. The constant chatter, distracting graphics and animations, etc. make
it difficult, again for me, to find and clean the information that I am looking for.
In my opinion, the forum construct is a much much better way to disseminate information
and carry on category and subject oriented conversations. Just jump on the VCF DEC forum
and see that there are conversations going on from PDP-9 Restoration to OS/8 Internals to
PDP-11 Operating systems. And since there are forums for most every vintage computer
category you don't get assailed with noise that you aren't interested in like in
the mailing lists.
On 8/30/2023 1:30 PM, Wayne S wrote:
This dislike of “Discord” has touched a nerve for me.
It’s also one of the reasons the cctalk list has lost most of it value.
Discord is a collection of channels most devoted to specific subjects that you more or
less subscribe to. It’s just a server and you need an invite to join a group. I’m in the
Classic computer group and find it to be filled with knowledge people willing to share
that knowledge with others.
Saying you don’t like “Discord” is like saying you don’t like TV. If you don’t like the
content, simply don’t watch it. Don’t blame the medium.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 30, 2023, at 11:11, Mike Katz via cctalk<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
>
> I have to second the motion. In my opinion in general social media is a waste of
time and energy.
>
> I understand the time it takes to run VCF but to have multiple possible different
places (webiste, ICM, discord, etc) to get information is a bit much, especially for us
old farts.
>
> Discord contributes as much noise as it does relevant information.
>
> My suggestion would be to use the website as the primary source of information and
write Java/Jacascript/PDP/Json code to take any website updates and forward them to any
other desired channel.
>
> That way all channels get the same information virtually simultaneously without any
human effort than the the info on the main website.
>
>> On 8/30/2023 11:35 AM, Tom Uban via cctalk wrote:
>>> On 8/30/23 11:25 AM, Seth Morabito via cctalk wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 30, 2023, at 7:26 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote:
>>>> All the VCFMW info is on the Discord server.
>>> I swear to God, Discord will be the end of the open Internet, it's where
information goes to die. I hate it with every fiber of my being. And yes, I use it,
I'm on many servers. I'm still allowed to detest it.
>>>
>>> -Seth
>> I have heard of Discord, but have not had a need to use it. Odd
thathttps://vcfmw.org/ does not have an obvious link for Discord if it is where we are
expected to find useful information. Would I need to have a Discord account (and be a
member of some group) to see this information?
>>
>> --tom
>>