• TheSaneWriter@lemm.ee
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    Discord isn’t a good alternative, it’s not the same type of social media site. Discord is more of a chatroom aggregator, while Reddit is more of a forum aggregator. While Reddit technically supports chats and Discord technically supports threads, in both cases they’re clunky and not the main point of the site.

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      It’s also centralized corporate-controlled trash, just like Reddit. I, for one, don’t see the point in swapping one abusive overlord for another abusive overlord.

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        Discord is even worse, all the information there is locked behind a walled garten. No access without account, no way to google shit. I hate Discord, lol

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        Yeah! Main difference for me: I have to sort posts way more by new than ever on Reddit to find new stuff. Active an Hot sometimes have week old posts in them. But that is a Lemmy thing and not a Voyage* thing. . . . . . . . . . . .

        *It’s still wefwef to me!

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          Sorting by Top 6 Hours or 12 Hours works the best for me I found.

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          I feel like perhaps wefwef was just a domain they had laying around and decided to use it. It was always a bloody strange name.

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            I guess that’s what I like about the name: it’s so different and strange. I started to use the Fediverse with different apps and wasn’t interested in progressive web apps but tried out wefwef just because it sounded different. As of now I browse Lemmy 95% with Voyager and like it a lot! Would have never tried it out had it another name!

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        Just for everyone that was unaware, as I was - Voyager the new name of once was Wefwef. 😂

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      And much less accessible, login required, phone number, a ton of system resources. And a privacy nightmare.

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      If people thought that Reddit’s search was bad, they have quite the surprise waiting on discord!

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        Oh yeah, the search on Discord is abysmal. Especially considering that you can’t use Google to help, Reddit at least was public facing so Google searches would often find Reddit posts.