dirtmayor@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year 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-up3·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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.