Members of the software developer community have reported deleting or altering their posts to prevent them from being used by OpenAI.

  • billwashere@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    88
    ·
    6 months ago

    I never understood the move to synchronous communication for asynchronous questions. The ephemeral nature of discord is really a PITA. It’s like using IRC for a FAQ.

    • sunbeam60@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      72
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      6 months ago

      Discord is honestly the most awful way to create a helpful community.

      It’s a great way to give the 20 most active members of the community someplace to trample on top of newbies trying to get questions answered.

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      6 months ago

      It makes sense if the issues being discussed are time-sensitive. Sometimes people need a solution now, not to open a bug report and hope that it will get a response an unspecified amount of time later.

    • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      6 months ago

      It’s purely because of how easy it is to create and manage a community. Imagine if there were a way to make a Lemmy instance without any fees or knowledge of selfhosting, it would be an instant success.

      They don’t operate well at scale needed, though.