I personally think that a forum is better fitting - as someone said previously, discord is more fast-paced and not really good for lengthy posts/discussions. It's good for chatting with friends and I do enjoy it - but a forum is WAY more organised![]()
I personally think that a forum is better fitting - as someone said previously, discord is more fast-paced and not really good for lengthy posts/discussions. It's good for chatting with friends and I do enjoy it - but a forum is WAY more organised![]()
Well first, I don't mind having Discord, but I am old people so I somehow still used to forums rather than Discord.
Even I do have Discord I never have the habit to open it every day, but even my university do use Discord for official announcements, chats etc, I don't see any harm at all.
A discord server would be fun, to meet and chat with people. We can watch shows or play games togetherI think theres lots of potential with customizing channels and using different discord bots.
What? There’s no discord?? OMG when ???
I don't mind joining discord but for old time sake, i think it's best we'd stick here.. i think because of new tech like slack and discord, the forum is dying...
I used to use discord a LOT back then, but now...not really, only sharing some drawings on a junjou romantica and sekaiichi hatsukoi server for the sake of good motivations from some nice members there.
still good chatting there, but i think that old forums are my placeEven tho many people are not active but I'm glad to find some active members here
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I can understand people wanting to have a Discord server of this forum, HOWEVER I feel like there are several good reasons why there shouldn't be any.
1. As already mentioned, Discord is not a good place to have lengthy, in-depth/serious discussions, it's more of a place to idle/have fast-paced conversations.
2. A Discord server would probably have a negative impact on the user activity of this forum.
3. I personally prefer in-depth conversations over fast-paced ones so I would argue against a Discord server and try to find ways to attract more users to this site. This place is the only active Yaoi forum I know of. It would be tragic to see it die like YaoiOtaku (that site is one of my favorites but it's sadly become very inactive..).
Last edited by Virdian; 11-19-2022 at 03:59 PM.
If I may butt in...
As someone who has had a great experience in forums I did join Discord severs when I saw the forums dying...
But I'll have to agree with @virdian2 as my experience with Discord was not that great.
I tried it since I don't like judging things without trying them first and all I can say is that it lacks the warmth and a sense of well-being that forums have.
So many good points. . . but the reality is Arrin is - not in a good place - like it was before. So, something needs to happen to boost interest or at least get members to be more active. I know (guilty) I have ghosted the site for many moons while still trying to support the site in my own way.
Ideas without context are justideas. . . that die in a forum chat.
So, I feel a tangible idea that 'revives' the site is better. What the site offers is awesome: BL downloads, anime, fanfiction original fiction... 0_o but what is offered is not the same as *soft* stuff offered on Crunchyroll or ((whatever that other freaking anime site is called)) Although people pay for that *soft anime* while Arrin gives it away for free!!
That's a major difference, to me anyway. So, Discord could / may be an avenue, but I don't think it will help the site that much. *Kicks plot bunnies* Arrian needs a 'Channel; like one that can be downloaded and linked to on Roku or Firestickjust like Crunchy Roll or Hulu... I mean an app-type thing so the less literate fans can access Yaoi / Male X Male without actually looking it up on the web.
I get it this is probably not possible but if Playboy and all the other adult content sites can do it why not Arrain? ** Oversharing some sometimes I get these ideas ((my sister did too - her idea was those pods used in the washer machine for laundry)) it worked out for her. My ideas are sometimes followed by others at work, but I often need to reiterate who; and why..Goddamit, why? So, I am not totally against Discord (my kid is on it) (then another is on tick-tock) then another is on... see my point? (Although I told them about this site they are not interested) [even though they totally like boyxboy stuff] This site is social media so farming it out to other servers is not / may not work in favor of this site. This site needs a real change/upheaval I feel maybe people who would want to be here don't know or think the site is dead - gone or just not a go-to place to socialize on social media.
I get that maybe with a channel the site may still 'die' but maybe it won't. Of course, I love anime, so I have a Crunchyroll account, but I don't lurk on the site unless I have an issue with the connection. But I really feel Arrian as an 'app' with content -I do not know the legal part of stuff- can/will be a way to boost the site and carry it into the next-gen. At least, I hope.
feel free to copy post thispost to encourage support.
Last edited by CrisNoWait; 09-08-2023 at 09:33 PM.