Have you tried any alternatives to Discord for community building? How was the experience?
Ilko Kacharov [Team-GPT]
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While Discord is a popular choice for many, it's always interesting to explore and compare other options.
Most of the product communities are already there - OpenAI, Midjourney, Next.js, Supabase, Hasura, etc. Looks like it's already the go-to solution for this business.
If you've experimented with alternative platforms for your community, I'd love to hear about your experiences and findings. Sharing your story could provide new insights for everyone here.
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TheBigK@thebigk
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@ilko_kacharov - I am wondering if you found anything interesting. I've been building communities since past 15+ years and have built a new community tool which arguably is better than discord. It brings multiple user engagement tools under one platform. Would love to show it to you.
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@ilko_kacharov - OpenAI is building on Discourse - which is an open forum that allows for structured discussion. I think that's a great way to build a community.
However, managing Discourse is a nightmare. I'm currently building a community with it; and I wish someone made it easier for the admins.
I never found better than Discord. I don't comprehend how communities are built on slack for eg. haha
Would love to get your feedback!
ClassPoint
Wow, I'm not sure if it's just our industry, or maybe we are just out of tune with times, but I didn't even know Discord is a strong platform for community building. Does anyone here have pointers/best practices to share?
@heyjoshua Why don't you join a few Discord communities and see how they do it? most AI companies (OpenAI, MidJourney, Leonardo, Stable Foundation) already have great communities on Discord. There's also a growing number of SaaS and hardware startups like Cloaked, MarsX, Telo Trucks, Naya, etc. And of course tons of gaming, web3 and creator-fans servers.