YAP, Discord, Sitekick, and You

[Nicholas]

About 6 months ago we came to the realization that relying on Discord for all of our community social features just isn't feasable. While Discord Bots allowed us to manage the community, we still had very little control over messaging, including direct messaging. As the server got larger, we started seeing more and more scammers & phishing attempts sent directly to users, with little recourse besides the report button. That, alongside requiring users to agree to a third party's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, etc, helped push in the direction of opening a forum that we host, and we manage.

Going forward, Discord will still be available, but we will not be pushing it as hard. Some of you love using it (as do most of the team), but the channels will be consolodated considerably.

Consider YAP! as a more-permanent place for long-form discussion, and Discord as supplemental for those already using it daily.

If you have any suggestions or general feedback, please post here.