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This article (and the comments here so far) don't mention Discord Forum Channels which solves the two actual usability/discoverability concerns listed

Forum Channels FAQ: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/6208479917079-...

Forum Channels are a type of channel that's structured as a more traditional forum. It's similar to channels that tried to enforce that everything is a thread, but much better.

* The top level shows posts only - no standalone messages

* Selecting a post opens the thread to the right - it's very easy to browse posts and threads

* Posts are sorted by date or most recent activity

* There's a tag system and you can quickly filter by tags

* There's a combined new/search field so you're forced to see search results

* Your active post threads show up in the left nav section like other active threads, making it pretty easy to see new replies.

I don't know if it's the best forum system ever, but it's pretty good and it's right in Discord. And like another poster said, our users want Discord.




I can read forums without joining anything.

That's not possible with Discord.


But is it indexed by search engines?


I'm pretty sure this feature is in beta and only available to bigger communities at the moment.




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