I’ve already added it to the search console actually. I have no idea why it isn’t working. It’s something I plan on fixing but I’ve been out of town.
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It’s actually something I discovered when I was coming up with my search examples for the post; I thought it was ironic! Anyway I started the search console for it last week and am just waiting for it to start working.
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My small contribution to spread the word. Now Spanish speakers can read it in their own language.
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Well, that’s why I’m here. Reddit is more useful for pointing out systems and supplements I might find interesting, as getting a thoughtful discussion is almost nonexistent.
And it’s literally why I’m here! @yochaigal, thanks for giving this forum a shout-out in that article. I’ve only been here a few days but I’ve already found some really useful stuff here, and the atmosphere is really friendly and positive.
Despite using Discord to run my campaigns (my players are strewn not just around the country, but around the world in some cases), I’ve never really been one to enjoy huge Discord megaservers. I’ve found a lot of the same issues with them as the OP identified—specifically that it’s so hard to actually feel included in the conversation when (a) it moves at such a dizzying pace, and (b) the server’s been running for some time and people have already formed inside jokes and whatnot.
Although a given forum may have been around for a long time, and may even have its share of well-known “characters”, I think the joy of forums is that each new thread is a new beginning. Unlike on Discord, where a centralised stream of general chatter may have been churning for months or years, a forum thread should be (and usually is) just as accessible to someone who stumbles across it in their search results as it is to a forum regular.
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Jumping into a thread definitely feel less like “intruding” on a conversation than it sometimes does on Discord.
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This is a great post that I identify strongly with. I used to manage a community in the real world, and I’m still figuring out how to replicate any of its best practices in digital spaces. What I like about forums and its souped-up version, Discourse, is that it has some of those built-in levels of friction that real life has.
People who participate here have to put in a little extra work, like earning trust levels, and waiting for a response, and while it’s nowhere near as convenient or immediately satisfying as something like BlueSky—I do think it makes the community healthier.
(As you can tell from all of my interactions here, I also subscribe strongly to the idea, “If you’re going to post on Discourse, you better have a paragraph’s worth of something to say.”)
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