In a discussion about Reddit alternatives, multiple users criticize Discord as a poor replacement for forums, calling it a "black hole" for searchable information and another "walled garden".

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        "author": "Flashy_Tadpole_2289",
        "excerpt": "I get the urge to jump ship but where exactly are we supposed to go? Most forums are ghost towns and discord is a black hole for anything you'd want to find later. The whole web's been consolidating for years and it sucks but the alternatives just aren't there yet for a lot of niche communities.",
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        "excerpt": "Reddit recommends “Discord Relay”.\n\n Yuck. Recommending anything related to discord in this day and age?\n\n I recently got rid of everything that even touches Discord, such as Notifiarr. No time for that rubbish in my life.",
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