Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else • Hacker News Board

Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

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Post by bityard » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:25 AM UTC

adamnemecek wrote: post #8

I feel like in order to campfire business users, they would have to rebrand. Discord is a cool name for gamers, but maybe not for your average business person.

Slack does not seem like it would be good name for business use as well, and yet tons of businesses use it.

Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

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Post by est » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:25 AM UTC

hammyhavoc wrote: post #3

Matrix or death.

Matrix is a good protocol but the apps were meh!

Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:26 AM UTC

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Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

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Post by nyolfen » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:26 AM UTC

best description i've heard of discord ux is that it feels like hanging out at a chuck-e-cheese

Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

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Post by 0des » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:28 AM UTC

plugger wrote: post #5

In comparison to Teams, Discord is a godsend. I think the biggest problem in this space is a lack of quality competition.

How are we approaching 2022 and I still cannot click-to-reply in Teams?

Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

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Post by keithnz » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:28 AM UTC

HumanMusic wrote: post #6

AnnoyedComment wrote: post #4

Once again showing that a shitty interface isn't a problem if you can just advertise the right way.

That's a complaint I keep hearing. But the reason I switched to discord in the first place was because I loved the interface. Both in terms of usability and aesthetics. Makes me wonder why there is such a gap in how people rate their interface.

I initially found discord UI a little confusing, not sure why. I use it all the time for work, and the layout is essentially the same as slacks. Admining servers is much nicer with discord.

Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

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Post by Gunax » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:29 AM UTC

I despise discord. It's bloatware. It has constant popups that are difficult to disable.

I do read their tech posts on HN, and they are always fascinating. But it seems to me like a product that the MBAs have taken a over.

Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

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Post by elefanten » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:29 AM UTC

AnnoyedComment wrote: post #4

Once again showing that a shitty interface isn't a problem if you can just advertise the right way.

They won their market share with their early demographics by being a better product flat out. Whether the visual design is to your taste or not, you’re fooling yourself about the reason for their success.

Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

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Post by AtomicOrbital » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:32 AM UTC

plugger wrote: post #5

In comparison to Teams, Discord is a godsend. I think the biggest problem in this space is a lack of quality competition.

Bravo ... discord client on Ubuntu has never crashed or sat there using 100% of cpu doing nothing unlike Teams

Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else

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Post by ndespres » Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:33 AM UTC

0des wrote: post #15

plugger wrote: post #5

In comparison to Teams, Discord is a godsend. I think the biggest problem in this space is a lack of quality competition.

How are we approaching 2022 and I still cannot click-to-reply in Teams?

Or alt+tab into Teams on macOS?