# Discourse not Discord

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-not-discord/1009517>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 31, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-not-discord/1009517 "2024-10-31T22:23:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-not-discord/1009517/21 "2024-11-01T01:09:03Z")

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Xenforo is a newer forum platform that has the same basic style as Vbulletin (separate threads, no infinite scrolling, etc), but isn’t free.

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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-not-discord/1009517/22 "2024-11-01T01:57:14Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> I’m not sure that this was worth a pitting, but so be it.

The Pit is the place where hijacks and junior modding are allowed. I thought it a great place to put a spin off from a thread talking about free discussions.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-not-discord/1009517/23 "2024-11-01T02:03:35Z")

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And yet… Yo mama.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-not-discord/1009517/24 "2024-11-01T03:43:37Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> Yo mama.

Yo mama so old, her board is petrified wood.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-not-discord/1009517/25 "2024-11-01T14:25:43Z")

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What a coincidence!

We were just having a discussion of your mother [on Discord](https://NaaahNotReally.com)…

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-not-discord/1009517/26 "2024-11-01T14:39:58Z")

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Yeah, I was going to mention that. It has threads as a non-default option; most of the chat is in ‘channels’ (which are basically chat rooms), but it is convention on some discord servers that if a very specific conversation starts to dominate a more general-purpose channel, the interested participants ‘get a room’ in the form of a thread.

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