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Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy
(www.newsweek.com)
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Actively troubleshooting an issue in discord is easier then making a forum post and going back and forth that way, which is why it has moved to discord organically.
It's not easier, just faster, and that's only if someone who can answer your question happens to be on at the same time you are. Asynchronous communication does not require that, and has the added bonus of keeping the solution easily available for others to find by themselves rather than taking up someone's time. So it is far more efficient. If you can't find the answer to your problem after trying and genuinely need a solution right away, that is what live support is for.
And I think that a big part of why so many have moved their support to discord is the long standing (and annoying) habit of people trying to use only one tool for everything. Sure, you can use a hammer on a screw, but it's not a good idea.
"Asynchronous communication has the added bonus of keeping the solution easily available" no, that's not a feature of asynchronous communication in the slightest.
Forums can and do go down or get deleted, there's nothing inherent to it that makes it stay any longer then discord messages.
I'll keep banging this drum for those who still don't get it, the problem is DISOVERABILITY. Discord does not make conversations in their version of forums or threads accessible to outside users and that is actually where it goes wrong. Nothing about real time discussion limits indexability its simply how discord decided to go and to your point, people want everything in one place so they use the convenience provided by discord.