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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 343 points 9 months ago

One of the stupidest trends of all time.

[-] Zeon@lemmy.world 83 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There is FOSS alternatives out there like Revolt or just plain old IRC which is good enough imo. The Discord bullshit is so annoying.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 60 points 9 months ago

I have been playing with the idea of a documentation.org. Something publicly funded (mostly through corporate and individual donations) that hosts technical manuals, white papers, guides, links to video tutorials (likely YouTube), FAQs, and even links to Discord and/or forums if they exist. Documents are public, free to index (no login to view), version controlled and held in perpetuity.

Obviously there is much more to it, but I think we have reached a point where something like it is required.

[-] flamingos@ukfli.uk 42 points 9 months ago

Aren't you basically describing readthedocs.io?

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago

In the most technical terms, yes. The idea is not new or bizarre, but I see the same missteps repeated. For starters, the venture HAS to be a nonprofit with zero need for monetization. It will also need an inviting and easy to navigate user interface, accessible to the most nontechnical of users. You need to have a massive document library from multiple large players from day one, so you need to have a lot of contacts.

As I said it's not fully cooked, but I have spoken to a few people that could help me make it happen and they seemed open to it.

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