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1. xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 13:37:30 JST xianc78

   Dear gamedevs: please stop hosting your communities on Reddit and/or Discord and get an actual forum. You player-base can cope with it, trust me.

   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 13:49:19 JST xianc78

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     • Tadano ❄️🎅

     @Tadano How has Discord replaced wikis?

   • Tadano ❄️🎅 (tadano@amala.schwartzwelt.xyz)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 13:49:20 JST Tadano ❄️🎅

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     @xianc78 Am declaring a fatwa on Discord, inshallah the pædo-troon furfags shall no longer devour what should be forums and wikis
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   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:03:11 JST xianc78

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     • MasterSimper
     • Tadano ❄️🎅

     @MasterSimper @Tadano Okay, that makes sense. I actually have noticed that with video game proto archive communities, even mods and hacks are distributed through Discord.

     I've also noticed that people are using Google Docs in place of wikis as well, like these people can't even host a wiki on Fandom (which is already a bad choice in its own right).

   • MasterSimper (mastersimper@troll.cafe)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:03:12 JST MasterSimper

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     • Tadano ❄️🎅
     @xianc78 @Tadano its where they keep the knowledge gathered from players in the discord and if you want access to the data you gotta join the discord, and well if they didnt want to get made fun of they wouldnt have a selfie channel.
   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:04:41 JST xianc78

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     And if your community is too small to justify a forum, just get a simple shoutbox or guestbook on your website. Those usually don't require accounts to use so users don't have to jump through hoops just to be a part of your community.

   • :meru_B: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:05:15 JST :meru_B: b e a r d

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     • MasterSimper
     • Tadano ❄️🎅

     @xianc78 @MasterSimper @Tadano using discord for mods, particularly nintendo ones, is actually a pretty good idea because it keeps them out of the public eye and they're less likely to be taken down.

   • MasterSimper (mastersimper@troll.cafe)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:06:09 JST MasterSimper

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     @xianc78 their is no community to small for a forum
   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:06:09 JST xianc78

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     • MasterSimper

     @MasterSimper If your forum is only getting one new thread per month, then I think a simple shoutbox or guestbook would be better options.

   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:11:16 JST xianc78

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     • MasterSimper
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     • Tadano ❄️🎅

     @beardalaxy @MasterSimper @Tadano
     >it keeps them out of the public eye and they're less likely to be taken down.
     Tor hidden services, I2P, Usenet, forums that require login in order to view, other chat protocols. There are a bunch of other options.

     Also if the ROM hack in question is a patch, then it falls under fair use.

   • Padorozu (dozu@bae.st)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:25:34 JST Padorozu

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     @xianc78 @xianc78 No good reason to put troubleshooting behind the groomer app.
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   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:28:07 JST xianc78

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     • MasterSimper
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     • Tadano ❄️🎅

     @Tadano @beardalaxy @MasterSimper Matrix has it's own flaws. I recommend XMPP.

   • Tadano ❄️🎅 (tadano@amala.schwartzwelt.xyz)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:28:08 JST Tadano ❄️🎅

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     • MasterSimper
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     @beardalaxy @xianc78 @MasterSimper yeah but being at the mercy of Discord's degenerate staff is atrocious. If one insists on the veneer of secrecy from using a Discuck server then why not just host a matrix instance. Hell Dendrite's at 100% federation parity with Synapse so you aren't stuck with Python soyware
   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:31:57 JST Machismo

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   • µPD7220 Enthusiast (pawlicker@outpoa.st)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:54:29 JST µPD7220 Enthusiast

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     • MasterSimper
     • Tadano ❄️🎅
     @MasterSimper @Tadano @xianc78 the other justification I've seen from a twitter/discord addict on why he hates wikis is nobody will edit them.
     
     Meanwhile some Wikia/fandom wiki for some kids show has tons of pages and screencaps for each character.
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   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:58:21 JST xianc78

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     • urchin

     @brainworms Then get a shoutbox. It's real time and they usually don't require registration to use. A lot of webcomics used them back in the day.

   • urchin (brainworms@cdrom.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:58:22 JST urchin

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     @xianc78 It’s a matter of resistance. Registering an entirely new forum account? Lame! Join another discord like the ten million before? Easy peasy.

     Yes, you get rid of the stupid zoomers but that cuts down an incredible amount of your audience.