As you have probably noticed, r/GlobalOffensive is still private in protest, due to Reddit’s recent API changes, which you can read more about in the link:
https://mashable.com/article/reddit-blackout-ceo-downplays-api-protest
Due to the lack of meaningful change, we will remain private for the time being. We will re-evaluate our stance on the 19th of June and will keep you updated in the relevant channels, as we go along with this extension.
If you wish to continue discussing CS in general you can join the Discord discord.gg/cs-2 or stay here on kbin.
Yes and no.
I agree with you that Discord is trash if you want to use it like Reddit. It’s really only good for free-flowing discussions and things like that.
But when it comes to the basics of link aggregation and commenting, Kbin (and Lemmy) is exactly like Reddit. The only things it’s missing is like 15 years’ worth of UI and UX polish that Reddit has done and a lot of the content (well, and better moderation tools, but that’s not really relevant for me as an end user). Those can be fixed within months or years at most if we keep going at this development speed. So I’ll be staying here at least for now, and when my third party Reddit app no longer works, I’ll almost stop going there. And I don’t think I’m the only one.
The only negatives of Kbin/Lemmy are the whole federation aspect, where you have multiple sites that communicate with each other, which can cause chaos if these decide to defederate (= basically stop sharing content). But the more I think about it, that is where the internet is headed. Big services are and always will be in a cycle of enshittification and the only way to fix that is to build something ourselves. Federation helps a lot with that, since everyone with a server can create a community and the users can join one they like and get content from the entire network.
Open the subreddit with limited discussions. Side by side develop this platform. You have an audience base of 1M, why waste it. Instead, reroute them creatively.