How to Set Up a Discord Server for Your Open Source Community

Discord is ideal for developer communities, but setting up a server can be unclear. This guide provides community managers and Discord moderators with essential steps to create a welcoming, resourceful, and intuitive server for all members.

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I think setting up a server isn't the real problem. The bigger problem is the idea of using discord for an open source community when there are solutions like IRC or Matrix which are actually open source. Not to mention that discord is going to start showing ads.

Another issue is that the article mentions using forums, which is a bad idea. Using forums the information is limited only to members of the discord server. Good luck finding something on google if it isn't even indexed.

Also here are some previous discussions on the same subject

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28549739

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29154216

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29712098

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30311982