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> People use Discord because it's useful and they like the experience.

Let's fix that.

Discord-using people use Discord because it's useful to them and they like the experience.

Ok? That's just being pedantic. The point I'm trying to make, is that we need to find why people use Discord and offer something better for our (devs+technical users) use case; that'll also need to go the existing network effect.

The point I'd make is you'd more need to find out why people who don't use Discourse (instead of fora) don't. The reason surely has little to do with the non-forum-like functions that appeal to those who do like it.

Having said which, finding out is obstructed by the fact that very few organisers offer users both.

If I'm honest, those say the exact same thing to me, and doesn't de-power the argument

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