Can we please, as an industry, stop using discord forever

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Preferred alternative?

(Genuinely looking for options.)

Web3 fashion-tech consultant & ex-sr designer @ FILA // copperglobal.io.

Founder/artist @ slowcrypto.com.

Having fun @ /slow-co-lab

Of the several other options I am in, I prefer Geneva Homes and Clubhouse Houses. Geneva has more formats/features built in, but CH is rolling out new features every week. Both have some version of token-gating as well.

Hardest part for all of them is requiring a new app download. That’s a big friction point for a community. Clubhouse most likely to have brand awareness/some active users. Geneva=most approachable. It has an intranet feel. Some people refer to it as cozy. I discovered it a couple years ago through beauty communities.

I’ll give them a try. Any thoughts on how they are/would be received by users at large?

Aim is web3 natives but friendly enough to onboard web2 folks in time. Discord might be a pain but at least it’s familiar beyond our decentralised wonderworld.

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A home on Geneva is very similar to a server on Discord. The feature set to me is way above other platforms - forums, posts, chat, audio, video, broadcast style. They have most everything you need in one. Gating features, onboarding questions and surveys, the option to add discovery in feed. All with no code needed.

If Web3 matters to you most in a platform, you should follow @jm to learn more about the web3 rails they built Clubhouse houses on to reimagine the future of that app.

Looks like they are web2, so what are the advantages over discourse, other than UI? They are still centrally controlled, could collect data, censor, shut down, not opensource etc? I am having trouble seeing why this would be better than discourse? 