dirtmayor@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoMinecraft's devs exit its 7 million-strong subreddit after Reddit's ham-fisted crackdown on protestwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down10cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orggames@sh.itjust.workstechnology@beehaw.orgPCGaming@kbin.socialpiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkMinecraft's devs exit its 7 million-strong subreddit after Reddit's ham-fisted crackdown on protestwww.pcgamer.comdirtmayor@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orggames@sh.itjust.workstechnology@beehaw.orgPCGaming@kbin.socialpiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squaredavehtaylor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoCompanies like this really need to get back to hosting their own forums and stop relying on centralized third parties for everything.
minus-squareNecoArcKbinAccount@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAgreed, you hear a few months back where Riot deleted their forums in lieu of Discord? Ridiculous, and it essentially means that any content there is lost forever unless someone reposts it.
minus-squareHidingCat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s one thing to move from forums to Reddit, but to nuke forums in favour for Discord is like selling your car for a inflatable raft.
Companies like this really need to get back to hosting their own forums and stop relying on centralized third parties for everything.
Agreed, you hear a few months back where Riot deleted their forums in lieu of Discord? Ridiculous, and it essentially means that any content there is lost forever unless someone reposts it.
It’s one thing to move from forums to Reddit, but to nuke forums in favour for Discord is like selling your car for a inflatable raft.