MattsCreative Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Could maybe we get a discord as the irc chat is pretty much all but dead in the old users who filled it are not showing up anymore discord is easy to setup i think it be good for the community Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaneee Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 +1 on that. Much easier to use in my opinion. Also CorpNewt if some of you know him has an excellent bot which will store your hardware, links, quick tips etc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2612627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruu Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 seems that IRC is down now anyway... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poco Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 We'll have to see what happens, right now I want to focus on the fixing the forum. Are you suggesting using an existing server or creating our own? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaneee Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Poco said: We'll have to see what happens, right now I want to focus on the fixing the forum. Are you suggesting using an existing server or creating our own? I think it would be best for Admins/Supervisors to make their own so they have full control over it. Wouldn't take long for the IM followers to join. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 I have already created a Slack channel to replace the IRC chat https://join.slack.com/t/insanelymacworkspace/shared_invite/enQtMzYzNzgxMzI3NjQ5LTBiOTEyZjg2NmQ4ODgzZjUwYmQzNjljYzUyYzA1MTYxODljM2ZkMjVhNWZmYTM0NzcxNmRmNTQ0YjZlZWE2MjQ 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaeuser Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, Pavo said: I have already created a Slack channel to replace the IRC chat https://join.slack.com/t/insanelymacworkspace/shared_invite/enQtMzYzNzgxMzI3NjQ5LTBiOTEyZjg2NmQ4ODgzZjUwYmQzNjljYzUyYzA1MTYxODljM2ZkMjVhNWZmYTM0NzcxNmRmNTQ0YjZlZWE2MjQ lol, who uses Slack? 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 7 minutes ago, Download-Fritz said: lol, who uses Slack? Pretty much every developer I know of. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Pavo said: I have already created a Slack channel to replace the IRC chat https://join.slack.com/t/insanelymacworkspace/shared_invite/enQtMzYzNzgxMzI3NjQ5LTBiOTEyZjg2NmQ4ODgzZjUwYmQzNjljYzUyYzA1MTYxODljM2ZkMjVhNWZmYTM0NzcxNmRmNTQ0YjZlZWE2MjQ That's a good option. Less headache for Admins. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 i think making a new discord server would be good @Poco slack is a bit of a mess trying to hard to be like discord right now couldnt stand it for 5 mins let alone for good Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruu Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 slack was alright when could connect with IRC. no IRC gateway=no thank you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 19 hours ago, WarDoc said: i think making a new discord server would be good @Poco slack is a bit of a mess trying to hard to be like discord right now couldnt stand it for 5 mins let alone for good Slack has been around for way longer than Discord and has WAY more features that are for Development than Discord. The only thing I can say that Discord has over Slack is that everything is 100% free. Slack on the other hand has robust integration with a huge number of tools. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Good observation @Pavo. I'll post a list of the features of the both services: Discord - Features Slack - Features and Pricing with details about what you can do with the plans. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaeuser Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 17 hours ago, Pavo said: Slack has been around for way longer than Discord and has WAY more features that are for Development than Discord. The only thing I can say that Discord has over Slack is that everything is 100% free. Slack on the other hand has robust integration with a huge number of tools. Features that likely nobody will ever use (on that server)... probablypopularity should decide. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Honestly don't care if anyone uses it or not, its there anyways. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 more users have discord and dont want a extra client gotta remember that and most people don't even know what slack is or want to pretty much its a dev thing not a normal user base thing ease of use matters to most users and a dark theme 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruu Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 someone made the point in chat that shifting users from forum to chat is not good for community. in this line of thinking, best to keep chat, whether IRC or otherwise, as part of the website. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, WarDoc said: more users have discord and dont want a extra client gotta remember that and most people don't even know what slack is or want to pretty much its a dev thing not a normal user base thing ease of use matters to most users and a dark theme You mean like this? Edited May 17, 2018 by Pavo 2 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2613994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 Demo Discord server if you end up liking it @Poco i will hand it over to you and you can be owner permissions and channels are all setup and logo is in place plus i added all the rules as well what the server looks like Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2614396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 We can change the title of this topic to talk about the possible Forum Chat alternatives. No problem for you @WarDoc? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2614402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Allan said: We can change the title of this topic to talk about the possible Forum Chat alternatives. No problem for you @WarDoc? Go for it 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2614403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Done! 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/333990-good-alternatives-to-the-dying-forum-chat/#findComment-2614404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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