linen.dev VS AnswerOverflow

I believe this is the Elixir server they blogged about: https://github.com/Linen-dev/linen.dev/tree/main/apps/push_s...

The code is here: https://github.com/linen-dev/linen.dev It is actually kind of tricky to self host since there are quite a few services that needs set up and we could use quite a bit of work in our documentation.

I'm hoping this concept takes off. This is the most prominent project in this space, Linen Think discord, but open source, indexable and not closed off unless otherwise specified by the people running the instance. Can even anonymize users if you so choose but the messages themselves can be searchable by the public. I think discord like communities already are the next thing in many ways, but its closed nature keeps it from getting as much regular viewership as say a subreddit, which is also indexable by the public web. I think it's the next thing because it takes what's good about reddit and discord and does away with a lot of their downsides. Oh it's open source too!

Open source https://github.com/linen-dev/linen.dev but not federated

I was reading through https://github.com/Linen-dev/linen.dev/blob/main/docs/nextjs... and https://github.com/Linen-dev/linen.dev/blob/main/apps/web/.e...

Do I really need all these API keys for s3, sentry, push service, ngrok, etc to run a web app on a home network?

This reminds me slightly of: https://github.com/Linen-dev/linen.dev

This is one of the reasons I created Linen.dev(A Google searchable Slack/Discord alternative) I had a decent size Slack and Discord community for my previous project and it became a blackhole of information.

You can check it out the repo here: https://github.com/linen-dev/linen.dev

Linen.dev/s/cypress

> TOO many bots log entire channels out to public html sites. This is prevalent in everything like discord etc but the degree to it in IRC is just ridiculous god knows what any of those 1500 bots in a channel are doing.

These sorts of bots are quite rare on Discord, you usually have to make an account to be able to see anything. There have been attempts at standardizing this (like https://www.answeroverflow.com/) but they haven't taken off. Public logs are much more common on IRC than on Discord.

Related: AnswerOverflow makes Discord messages searchable on Google/ other search engines. It’s open source.

https://www.answeroverflow.com/

I agree that the discord centralization for Q&A is becoming problematic, it makes it less discoverable and searchable (Had this problem a lot with Svelte).

That said, I have had success so far using https://www.answeroverflow.com/ to search discord for questions. It sucks we have to use such tools, but given the current situation, it's also better to adapt.

We've started mirroring our Discord to the web using https://www.answeroverflow.com/

You could roll your own equivalent but AnswerFlow has some nice features and handles issues around consent nicely.

If you're starting a Discord then I'd strongly recommend stating upfront that you might mirror content to another location even if you're not doing it now - it makes it a lot easier than doing so further down the line.

A better solution would be to not use Discord but friction, push-back from my colleagues on alternatives and a fear of fragmenting the community made this the best option for us.