The goal of the new Balto Source is to recreate the original community and vibe of the old Animation source.

While Discord is a great tool for communication, it has drawbacks:

• It is ephemeral: anything that gets posted on it technically never gets deleted, but it gets quickly buried under new messages and is never seen again. Discord content is thin: never more than the most recent messages.
• It is not searchable: a fanart posted on Discord can't be found on Google.
• It is not structured: you can't have, for instance, your own gallery.

Balto Source aims to fix all of this:

• Content is here to stay: with multiple threads and sections, it is easy to find what you are looking for and over time, the amount of content can grow over time.
• Content is indexed on Google: this allows new members of the community to join any conversation or find any information.
• Content is structured: you can have your gallery, your profile, your history on this site. Everything you upload will be saved on your profile and will be forever associated with you.

I believe that a community needs a lot more than a Discord server to thrive. It needs a structure to grow, expand and attract new members. Discord is great, but it is a closed community by nature. This new Balto Source is meant to be more like the Wikipedia of the Balto community.