this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2023
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Yeah, that's where a ton of custom ROM info has gone to. Pretty annoying since search engines won't find it and all the different groups have different rules, all the info is behind "notes" managed by a bot and quite a few of them seem to be treated almost like social platforms instead of info platforms.
I hate this trend on the Internet. Looking through 30 pages of a forum may be tedious but it's not behind a wall people might not know about. With Telegram and Discord it's great for the community but even worse usually when you need an answer. If you search discord and the question was not replied to or your search term was not mentioned you may have to scroll through for a long time. Not to mention how quickly information can go away if the server is deleted or something.
It is better than XDA though, at least it is for lmi.
Actually there is a bot that lets you browse through Telegram too haha, and its global search ofc.
I agree chat based ain't better than forums, but it is pretty dead in XDA, at least for lmi, and you can always find the info faster and better in TG (again, for lmi).
It's dead because people have moved to Telegram (or sometimes Discord). Sucks but I guess it's faster. At least would be if you were actually allowed to ask questions lol. A lot will have really strict rules about asking questions.