Suggestion Yak Chat/Discord future

[Malo]

In an effort this year to streamline some features and focus on updating/improving what we want, I'd like for us to determine what we want to do with live chat options. Currently we have Yak Chat hosted here on the site, and the Yak Discord server.

I'd like to keep the Yak Chat here on the site as it's useful for anyone who doesn't necessarily want to post or start a thread, or just perhaps want to chat live with someone. It also keeps the data within Yak and doesn't require signing up for a 3rd party service like Discord. The license upkeep isn't much and the plugin developer is very active.

So my main question, and the purpose of the poll, is what to do about the Discord server. It doesn't get a lot of traffic, which is a combination of not having the Discord integration in the forums currently, and likely the presence and growth of the Necromunda Underhive community Discord server. The owners of that server have configured my profile there as a contributor and have now added a dedicated channel for YakTribe-related questions.

Do we want to shutdown the Yak Discord and point anyone to the maintained and very active Necromunda Discord instead? Or keep our Discord, re-integrate the forum and promote its growth?

 

[Punktaku]

I tried the Dischord when it first started up, but found it to be too much of a bother for me.

 

[Stoof]

I also tried it at first, but if you don't already use discord, as a computer gamer for instance, it's a complete hassle to use so I quickly gave up.

I found it difficult to even sign into discord when I wanted to chat as it always asked to re-verify my email address... ain't nobody got time fo' dat crap.

But if you already use discord then I guess it's a decent resource, I'd lean towards piggybacking on the one where the community actually is though as having our own with no traffic is a bit pointless.

I like the site chat though, it would be nice if it were a little more prominent as it used to get quite a lot of use when it was a side bar.

 

[challenger001]

I'm a regular user of Discord but I don't know how much I got out of the Yaktribe discord itself. I think having the forums to browse through is probably better. I didn't realise there was a larger Necromunda discord, but if that exists with more people I'd use that if I was on mobile, and the forums when on desktop.

(Apologies for lurking for so long and saying nothing, but I got pinged on the discord and felt it was worth to share my thoughts.)

 

[Hansuke]

I meddled with Discord for about a year with no great enhancement in my enjoyment with any of the channels or groups that I was in. If you abandon the yaksite little by little, then it just accelerates to the entropic process that I have seen over the years with the various online gaming clans that I have been in. Once they moved to generic social sites that they couldn't control, the clans just slowly dissolved.

 

[dezolorfien]

Discord is the only place I hang out regularly. Tho, the discord server isn't really that active so I guess I'd just follow the community to the next place should the discord server be dropped.

 

[Malo]

I meddled with Discord for about a year with no great enhancement in my enjoyment with any of the channels or groups that I was in. If you abandon the yaksite little by little, then it just accelerates to the entropic process that I have seen over the years with the various online gaming clans that I have been in. Once they moved to generic social sites that they couldn't control, the clans just slowly dissolved.

There's no intention of abandoning the forums at all. Many people, including myself, don't like the social media format where it's just a constant stream of consciousness. Many folks do prefer that and that's ok but as far as traffic here, I have not seen any indication that the community is shrinking. Each month is a slight growth.

This question is solely about the Yak Discord and what the Necromunda Discord users would prefer to use.

 

[Sundown Dreamer]

I didn't even know there was a Yaktribe Discord. However, I have to say that I don't use Discord much, I find it a bit confusing and I don't really feel comfortable there.

 

[Ben_S]

I have heard of Discord but don't really know what it is exactly - some kind of chat thing I gather, but I've never felt the need to explore further. It would make no difference to me if it vanished.

 

[Hansuke]

I didn't mean to infer that the forum was on a downward trend. I guess I should have stuck to the issue at hand. Sorry to trail off into the dark wood. In my defense, I hadn't had breakfast yet.

 

[Punktaku]

What about second breakfast? Elevensies?

 

[ClanBuckCANS]

What about second breakfast? Elevensies?

ASH WASTES!

 

[Punktaku]

ASH WASTES!

I think you’ll be hard put to find breakfast out there, forget about second breakfast or elevensies.

 

[ClanBuckCANS]

I think you’ll be hard put to find breakfast out there, forget about second breakfast or elevensies.

while dat may be true me hearty, it truly deoends on what ye be willing to eat. Don't ye know.