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Michaelnaut:
Maybe we should see/try the discord chat embed just to try it out.  See (1) the level of effort to integrate it in, and (2) see how the site handles it (both from a site-hosting perspective and a user-interaction one).

Car_Low:
You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginThe majority of people that visit friends don't have accounts or don't log in.  Right now there are 58 guests and only 8 people logged in.  Those guests won't transfer over to discord. 

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If they don't have forum account they won't exactly be contributing on the forum to add to the activity either. I see it as just a perk of joining the community versus lurking.

You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginThe lack of activity here because it's happening on discord leads to less content here.  During this last comic-con, I had to look elsewhere to see what was going on.

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I found it lacking in activity in previous cons also not just this year. Like theres a big shift on how much posts there is pre con versus during con. With Discord there's a lot of active users during con since its just as easy as sending a text to get messages out. Maybe its just me but I found that people would post stuff as things are going on more in discord versus in previous years on the forum people would post after it already happened at con so you would still be missing out. Or you wouldn't see it before its too late. With discord you can set notifications to what you like and it will notify you if something pertaining to your interests shows up.

We set it up super last minute last year so I can see why that split happened and some were left in the dark. But I just think discord lends itself to rapid spread of information better than the forum can handle. Like the forum is great for long form discussion and searching for info but if you need something time sensitive sent out Discord is better. The Discord group had a lot of success when it came to the RSVPs and event tickets as the role notifications would tell everyone to get on and sign up. The forum would have it posted at roughly the same time and we had better luck getting tickets than those outside because its just easier to get notified with Discord and see something new is up that needs your attention.

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stl_ben:
Dischord or bust.

alyssa:
You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginMaybe we should see/try the discord chat embed just to try it out.  See (1) the level of effort to integrate it in, and (2) see how the site handles it (both from a site-hosting perspective and a user-interaction one).

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i have not found an integration to add discord into the forum. there is one that works the other way

Car_Low:
I found this You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login not sure how well it will play with the forum.

I would have to change the permissions on the server to make it open so that you no longer have the read the rules page and select the attendee role to see the rest of the channels. I think you’d still need a discord account to post.

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