🦚 Sierra 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 6, 2023
mae
oh FUCK OFF
May 7, 2023 at 12:45pmWeb
Show threadJalilMay 7, 2023
@mae How to not distribute software, step 1 :)
Show threadUrsidinoj/The BjornsdottirsMay 7, 2023
@mae 👀
Show threadDatenegassie ❌May 7, 2023
@mae Dang, if only GitHub had a built-in way to add compiled release versions to a repository
Show threadMagicLike 🏳️‍🌈May 7, 2023
@Datenegassie @mae Yeah that would be GENIUS
Show threadHemish/हेमिश/ਹੇਮਿਸ਼/ہیمِشMay 7, 2023
@Datenegassie @mae it has a releases section
Show thread.May 7, 2023
@hemish @Datenegassie @mae NO WAY
Show threadFlit 🦊 🔥May 7, 2023
@mae It's a Github repo... there's no excuse, the code is RIGHT THERE
Show threadDusty el PerritoMay 7, 2023
@mae this is the WORST. Also guides that are for some reason discord-only.
Show threadNyx PhoenixMay 7, 2023
@mae github releases is literally *right there*, 🦋
Show threadjstm@sos:~$ Jul 8, 2023
@traumaphoenix @mae no way, is that a new feature?!
Show threadDave/Loebas May 7, 2023
@mae I'm not sure, but didnt github have a feature to let users download files?
Show threadmergergMay 7, 2023
@venthewolf @mae it did and does
Show threadNafeon the BearMay 7, 2023
@mae this is getting out of hand.
Show threadPolychrome May 7, 2023
@mae oh my god
Show threadᛗ🦊ᛟErvoᛟ🦊ᛗ May 7, 2023
@mae haha! Nope!!
Show threadPJ "Vote Green" CoffeyMay 7, 2023

@mae

"Yes, this seems stable and sustainable."
- Odysseus

Show threadDavos ☭ Communist Party USAMay 7, 2023
@Homebrewandhacking @mae Narrator: "It wasn't."
Show threadmoved to => @[email protected]May 7, 2023
@mae well, they dont have an alternative
github doesnt provide storage for artifacts

/s
Show threadBeko Pharm (deprecated)May 7, 2023
@kura @mae that… makes even less sense 🤦
Show threadmoved to => @[email protected]May 7, 2023
@bekopharm @mae thats the point.
Show thread@[email protected]May 7, 2023
…what is even the purpose of locking it down to a discord server?
Show thread🦾ChatGPT hyphen🤖May 7, 2023
@Flaky
Same as with BandCamp mailing you a link to download free album I guess — they want you to subscribe/join.
Also managing file hosting might be too complicated to some 😅
With Discord uploading new file is a matter of dragging and dropping file to a chat window and adding a hashtag.
@mae
Show threadmaeMay 7, 2023
@m0xEE yes however they could also drag and drop the file onto a github release and add a title
Show thread🦾ChatGPT hyphen🤖May 7, 2023
@mae Wow! I didn't know that, TBH I've never had a GitHub account, something made me think that it takes going through the whole build pipeline for something to appear on releases page, but now that I think about it, it doesn't make any sense — and I think they've had the releases feature long before the whole CI/CD thing.
Well, then using Discord makes even less sense — looks like even being a lazy ass doesn't justify it 😁
Show threadmergergMay 7, 2023
@Flaky @mae get people to join your discord server
Show threadThe Blobject FishMay 7, 2023
@Flaky @mae "trying to build a community! :)" is the excuse I've always heard, lol
Show thread@[email protected]May 8, 2023
You can do that without locking downloads to a Discord server lol. I’m on FOSS project servers that use both Discord and IRC for people who prefer one or the other.
Show threadVincent Hayes🌹Jul 5, 2023
@blubfeesh
@Flaky @mae Ah yes, the alternative phrase for the "Grow my Discord server and give me internet clout" excuse
Show threadZacMay 7, 2023
@mae @kotaro Either do the job right or don’t bother
Show threadYonleMay 7, 2023
Show threadpivotman319 🦊  May 7, 2023
@mae reminder (per @glitch):
Show threadclacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛May 7, 2023

@winload_exe Was the original post taken down? Can't find it.

@glitch @mae

Show threadpivotman319 🦊  May 7, 2023
@clacke @glitch @mae https://twitter.com/glitchfur/status/1538303689273786369
Glitch (@[email protected]) 💻😺 on Twitter

“Discord is not a wiki. Discord was never meant to be a wiki. Discord as a product is not marketed as a wiki. Discord is not designed to be used as a wiki. Discord is a chat app and clearly has the UI and functionality of one. Stop using it as a wiki.”

Twitter
Show threadclacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛May 7, 2023
@winload_exe ooooh it was on that site, ok
Show threadDavos ☭ Communist Party USAMay 7, 2023
@winload_exe @mae @glitch lmao
Show threadKaiyalaiMay 8, 2023
@winload_exe @mae @glitch who even does this? It’s utterly nonsensical.
Show threadFelipe May 20, 2023
@winload_exe @mae @glitch
Discord is just gamer slacks
Show threadSandy VujakovićMay 21, 2023
@winload_exe @mae @glitch Wait, people actually use it as a wiki‽
Show threadAbby 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 8, 2023

@winload_exe @mae @glitch

This has the same vibe as a "database" at work:

User: "I need help with my database. It's slow."
IT: "You have a database?! Why haven't I heard about it before? Who set it up for you?!"
User: "Uh, I just built it!" [proudly points at Excel]
IT: [jaw drops at the 15 sheet, 20 column, 50k row per sheet, formula calculations to death monstrosity]

Show threadpivotman319 🦊  Jul 8, 2023

@abby "Excel"

absolutely the fuck not

Show threadAbby 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 8, 2023

@winload_exe And yet absolutely happens on a weekly basis with any accountant.

I once worked somewhere where the accounting General Ledger was stored in Excel on a file server. I left that dumpster fire shortly afterwards.

Show threadTheriacJul 9, 2023
@winload_exe @mae @glitch
I'd also add: Discord collects rather a lot of user data.
Show threadAral BalkanMay 7, 2023
@mae Mmm, open sauce!
Show threadDavos ☭ Communist Party USAMay 7, 2023
@aral @mae Spilt sauce.
Show threadPenguinTech May 7, 2023
@mae yuck,  Discord really...!
Show threadMarekMay 7, 2023
@mae The things I don't understand: Why do FLOSS projects use GitHub and Discord, which are both proprietary.
Show threadThe ShinxposterMay 7, 2023
@mae THEY COULD'VE JUST LINKED THE cdn.discord.com LINK
Show threadcertified computer toucherMay 7, 2023
@mae lol what
Show threadAriadne has migrated!May 7, 2023
@mae this is inexcusable, especially since its on github lmfao
Show threadZergling_manMay 7, 2023
@mae Found on GitHub?
Show threadisa   May 7, 2023
@mae @necrosis Bug report aufmachen
Show threadEdan Osborne 🇺🇦🇵🇸♾️May 7, 2023
@mae At that point, I'd fork the software and distribute it properly myself. Well, if I knew how to program, that is.
Show threadCysio ​May 8, 2023
@EdanOsborne @mae you can literally fork just to add the release artifact, your fork doesn't need to have changes
Show threadAvocate du gras sucré saléMay 7, 2023
@mae omw to raid the discord