To me Discord is a complete messy mess with no structure at all with no topics and just a mixed mess of posts.....This is very chocking news to me. I dispise the non structored discord.
Forum closing?
- Thread starter danny420
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DO NOT CLOSE.
Discord is not a replacement for forums. They operate differently and have different uses.
Discord is for live text/voice chat and the only separation of topics is by channels, but you can't have a channel to cover every single topic.
That's where the power of forums lies, discrete discussions, that don't have to be real time, that are easy to return to at a later date, and importantly, easy to search through to find relevant info and discussions.
Yes, you can search Discord, but whatever you are interested in will be mixed in with chat about other random things, memes, random noise, etc.
Its also a terrible platform for sharing screenshots and going through them at a later date.
In short, Discord is a good platform for real time, not for historicity.
Absoloutely terrible decision for PC2 and if as you say, the longer term plan is to move everything over to Discord, this is a horrible move for the future of the overall FD community.
Discord is for live text/voice chat and the only separation of topics is by channels, but you can't have a channel to cover every single topic.
That's where the power of forums lies, discrete discussions, that don't have to be real time, that are easy to return to at a later date, and importantly, easy to search through to find relevant info and discussions.
Yes, you can search Discord, but whatever you are interested in will be mixed in with chat about other random things, memes, random noise, etc.
Its also a terrible platform for sharing screenshots and going through them at a later date.
In short, Discord is a good platform for real time, not for historicity.
Absoloutely terrible decision for PC2 and if as you say, the longer term plan is to move everything over to Discord, this is a horrible move for the future of the overall FD community.
And what about the future of the ED forums? Will that also be moved over to Discord, eventually?
Considering almost all recent information from Fdev has been posted by regular users from various Social Media platforms, I'd say the forums have been on life support for some time. I'm expecting the plug to be pulled sooner rather than later
Ozric
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No they won't, and yes I do know that
Also you can create threads on Discord that work exactly the same as Forum threads. If you use the app you can also see all media in a channel/thread separately.
I landed here from a stray post in the ED forums. Just wanted to say: Moving to Discord-only support as far as public support goes is a terrible idea for future preservation. Discord is a terrible closed system, not searchable or really available from the public web, or for search engines. Every bit of support done there is lost for future issues for the non-Discord public, and possibly for the Discord users too because of the terrible structure of Discord.Hey folks. just to clear things up, support isn't dropping for Planet Coaster 2 (That should hopefully be pretty obvious by now
We've already made this move with the Jurassic World Evolution 3 Discussions forum (You will see the only post in there is a link to the Discord) but the Discord didn't fully exist until a little while after Planet Coaster 2 was announced which is why it still had a forum presence.
The Discord is great for hanging out with other PlanCo fans and you can share your screenshots and Workshop Creations even more easily in there than arguing with the forums occasional refusal to post an image
I've seen this more and more, and it is a terrible move.