I use it as part of my website but in all honesty, I can't stand it. I tried bringing back regular forums for support and general discussion but the younger generation seems to love Discord. I find it cumbersome and way too busy. 

16 hours ago, Rocky_53 said:

I then can't find the original post, when I do eventually find the post, after trawling through dozens of other posts, 

To address this one point, if you type your own name into the search box at the top
right of the app, it will show you all of your posts in a list.

As has been said already, sometimes it's how you use it, rather than the tool itself.

As to the quality of the content, I agree that much of it is drivel, but that is down to the 
choice of moderation style; once again, not the app, but the way it is used. 

Of course, sometimes that's what the channel owner and its users want it to be,
an active place with drivel being better than a sepulchral silence.

Edited December 13, 2025Dec 13 by Reader

10 minutes ago, Reader said:

As has been said already, sometimes it's how you use it, rather than the tool itself.

Being a UI/UIX and full stack developer, database manager, AI abuser ... blah blah blah ... the world of end users have shown me the light ... less is more and visual stability and meaningful cues.

Many UI's make the mistake of missing a common default layout that hits the 95% user mark and instead focus on the 5% that want all kinds of flexibility ... most users don't want gobs of flexibility.  This is why Apple succeeded in their recover period, kept their UIs minimal clutter.  Unfortunately they've gone a bit to far now with minimalize combine with what the heck does that cryptic icon supposed to mean ... dare I press it?  With latest iOS there are ZERO visual cues (trying to save on screen space on a device that is still way too small for 80% of the populations finger size) on how to achieve simple and important tasks.  Sometimes one just needs a button and not a finger(s) gesture or fast swipe or slow swipe or swipe left then up,  hold and press and hope (who did I just accidently send money to), or press somewhere around this corner or tap twice or shake the device rapidly 5 times ... blah blah).  A bad UI requires frequent training and adaption ... not a good thing ... if someone is "having to get used to it" ... the UI failed already.

But the bigger problem is that UI creators all do it their way ... leaving users with 100's of different ways to accomplish the same task across websites, device, etc.  Us old folks, just aren't going to remember, we'll give up with "life is to short" and move on.

I'm all for change but I'm NOT for change just for the sake of it without useful context.