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<blockquote data-quote="Nytmare" data-source="post: 8216499" data-attributes="member: 55178"><p>I prefer Slack over Discord for one real reason, and one silly bias, but Slack has one big strike against it that I don't think Discord has.</p><p></p><p>Slack offers built in conversation threading, which I really really like because it allows for several side conversations to happen in the same virtual space without the background noise and without needing to juggle additional rooms or channels or invites.</p><p></p><p>The Silly Bias is that 90% of the Discords that I am a part of are disjointed, disorganized, bot laden madhouses. They have about 40 or 50 rooms, none of the rooms are named in a way that helps you understand why they were made or what conversations they're meant to attract. I assumed at the time I was trying to come to a decision between them that they could be MADE to be organized and sensical, but I already knew that I could make Slack do what I wanted. </p><p></p><p>The downside to Slack, that I <em>think </em>Discord avoids, is that the free version of Slack has limited message retention. If there's an important bit of information that you're going to want to go back and search for later, Slack probably isn't what you want. I actually <em>wanted </em>this for my Torchbearer game because I imagined it working almost like fading memories. If there's something important that the players really want to remember, they put it in their notes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nytmare, post: 8216499, member: 55178"] I prefer Slack over Discord for one real reason, and one silly bias, but Slack has one big strike against it that I don't think Discord has. Slack offers built in conversation threading, which I really really like because it allows for several side conversations to happen in the same virtual space without the background noise and without needing to juggle additional rooms or channels or invites. The Silly Bias is that 90% of the Discords that I am a part of are disjointed, disorganized, bot laden madhouses. They have about 40 or 50 rooms, none of the rooms are named in a way that helps you understand why they were made or what conversations they're meant to attract. I assumed at the time I was trying to come to a decision between them that they could be MADE to be organized and sensical, but I already knew that I could make Slack do what I wanted. The downside to Slack, that I [I]think [/I]Discord avoids, is that the free version of Slack has limited message retention. If there's an important bit of information that you're going to want to go back and search for later, Slack probably isn't what you want. I actually [I]wanted [/I]this for my Torchbearer game because I imagined it working almost like fading memories. If there's something important that the players really want to remember, they put it in their notes. [/QUOTE]
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