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Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by parksy »

logronoide wrote: post #55

I can’t believe any of the people complaining here about low quality of the VoIP of Teams have used the VoIP of Discord, because they simply can’t compare. Teams have anti-coupling features and you can use it with speakers out of the box. Discord does not have a good anti-coupling algorithms and it’s almost impossible to use it without headphones. Perfect for gamers, but not for business. Discord is amazing to create…

> Discord is amazing to create communities, that’s what Microsoft wanted.

Microsoft can easily recreate the platform, they don't want the capability, they want the existing audience.

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by whall6 »

ergot_vacation wrote: post #49
coldpie wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is how tech startups work, isn't it? Use investors to build a product with no business model, then the founders cash out via purchase or IPO, and soon after the fact that you have no business model comes to light and the product falls apart trying to find a business model, while users move on to the next shiny thing with no business model.

Glad I'm not the only one thinking this. Seems obvious, but I always felt like I was missing something. How is it that most of the tech/SV world is just the same con being run over and over again, yet it keeps working? Does it operate on the same psychological glitch as a lottery? Do the giant corps buying these startups all think "I know how it's been in the past, but surely THIS startup WON'T turn to shit the momen…

Have you read through any of Facebook’s recent 10-Ks?

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by leereeves »

debacle wrote: post #53

Amazon (Twitch), Epic, and Valve are all targeting gaming verticals. Each of them are integrating the other's features as also-rans: streaming, marketplace, reviews, community, platform. Most people would probably be surprized to know that you can buy games on Twitch and stream on Steam. What space will Discord be able to carve out? They will be a Netflix in an Disney and Hulu world.

Does Epic have reviews and community now? Last time I used it, Epic didn't have much more than an advertisement and a buy button.

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by mehlmao »

debacle wrote: post #53

Amazon (Twitch), Epic, and Valve are all targeting gaming verticals. Each of them are integrating the other's features as also-rans: streaming, marketplace, reviews, community, platform. Most people would probably be surprized to know that you can buy games on Twitch and stream on Steam. What space will Discord be able to carve out? They will be a Netflix in an Disney and Hulu world.

Can you still buy games from Twitch? I thought they shut that store down. They still offer free games for Prime members though.

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by Notorious_BLT »

antris wrote: post #50
Notorious_BLT wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right-click the server icon, select "notifications settings", press "Mute ". When it asks how long, select "until I turn it back on". This will kill the white dot unless you're mentioned (or @everyone'd). Its a little tricky to find but that will solve your issue

I want to change my global settings, not server settings. I'm on dozens of Discords and join/leave them and change their order on the sidebar all the time. Going through each of them (and remembering to do it every time I join a new one) sounds like a nightmare. Every time I hear/see a notification that I don't want, I'd have to go through all those dialogs for all of my servers? Nope, not gonna happen.

From your original comment I assumed you actually would want to know how to do it, I see now it was simply whining.

edit: sorry, this came off more aggressive than I intended. I just meant that I thought you were looking for a solution, but you were actually critiquing, so I felt like I'd wasted the time trying to help. Sorry to be an ass.

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by [deleted] »

devwastaken wrote: post #34
COGlory wrote: post #2

What about Discord besides network effect makes it a desirable holding? Do they have any technological advantage?

They have users. If they wanted to they could become the next Steam tomorrow by simply selling games and giving deals. The engaged userbase of discord far surpasses steam, epic, and all other gaming clients. Valve doesn't care about competing or innovating, theyll simply roll over and let it happen. But like any startup discord is created with monopoly money and therefore they don't have any actual knowledge, experti…

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Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by mopsi »

me_me_me wrote: post #31
krzepah wrote: post #10

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Microsoft has trouble with UI design and it only got worse. Think about the "help" buttons that are on win system preferences, instead of directing you to the option they send you to google or bing. It's ridiculous.

UI design? Teams has no UI design, but haphazardly aranged buttons that are hard to spot. I can't describe how bad of experience it is to use. How does a corp that actively pushes their users/clients into using Teams makes no UX effort.

The whole Settings app also feels like something thrown together in a really primitive GUI scripting language that doesn't support anything besides text and its alignment.

This is the old disk management utility: https://i.imgur.com/AqhYewC.jpg

This is the new one: https://i.imgur.com/DNb0qJl.jpg

While the old was far from perfect, it at least gave visual hints to how partitions relate to disks. The new """design""" is just plain text, some of which is clickable and will reveal "Properties" button. It's up to you to find the hidden clickspots.

I can't believe they are releasing such garbage. Sometimes I wonder: does Satya Nadella use Windows? How is he not raging every time he opens the Settings app?

Re: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

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Post by logronoide »

parksy wrote: post #61
logronoide wrote: post #55

I can’t believe any of the people complaining here about low quality of the VoIP of Teams have used the VoIP of Discord, because they simply can’t compare. Teams have anti-coupling features and you can use it with speakers out of the box. Discord does not have a good anti-coupling algorithms and it’s almost impossible to use it without headphones. Perfect for gamers, but not for business. Discord is amazing to create…

> Discord is amazing to create communities, that’s what Microsoft wanted. Microsoft can easily recreate the platform, they don't want the capability, they want the existing audience.

Microsoft wants the audience AND the know-how about how to engage with them and atract new one. Due to Microsoft culture they don’t know how to do it.
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