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Fast-moving chat channels and forums both have their very valid uses.
What is strange about Discord is this great discrepancy between the ones that love it and the ones that hate it. If I were to guess on the reason of why that might be it would be that Discord is probably really good for the people that are constantly on it, and don't really miss any communication going in. These people have probably been there for some time so they don't feel the problem of not knowing where the past…
1) No concept of isolated identities for each server (or group of servers).
2) I use Discord maybe once per week, and every time I do, I have to log in again. The phone app quietly disconnects after a week or so.
3) Hard to find messages I have been mentioned in. I think there's an "inbox" that clears itself out after X days.
4) Pollution, mostly visually (can't collapse certain elements).
What is strange about Discord is this great discrepancy between the ones that love it and the ones that hate it. If I were to guess on the reason of why that might be it would be that Discord is probably really good for the people that are constantly on it, and don't really miss any communication going in. These people have probably been there for some time so they don't feel the problem of not knowing where the past…
I really do not like it for communities, there's too much noise and too many annoucements.
Discord "won me" over the voice chat. It's just so easy to use and setup for people. I know it's a hard pill to swallow on HN but NOT everyone wants and/or can run their own TS/Mumble/Ventrilo server. That's the number 1 reason Discord became popular in gaming groups. Want voice chat for your WoW raid? 2 clicks. Going to play CSOG with your friends? Here is the voice chat channel. Discord is not perfect for sure (the…
You can get just as good voice chat on Signal, and it is miles easier to use than Discord, especially for people familiar with WhatsApp, Viber and other privacy invaders. And all of the screenshares and embeds that Discord gets glorified over work just as well over [matrix]
What is strange about Discord is this great discrepancy between the ones that love it and the ones that hate it. If I were to guess on the reason of why that might be it would be that Discord is probably really good for the people that are constantly on it, and don't really miss any communication going in. These people have probably been there for some time so they don't feel the problem of not knowing where the past…
A couple of things I personally find disappointing in Discord: 1) No concept of isolated identities for each server (or group of servers). 2) I use Discord maybe once per week, and every time I do, I have to log in again. The phone app quietly disconnects after a week or so. 3) Hard to find messages I have been mentioned in. I think there's an "inbox" that clears itself out after X days. 4) Pollution, mostly visually…
I think park of the issue is that you cant /part a channel in discord. Every channel you have access is automatically joined, you can’t leave and you have to adjust notifications for each to avoid an overwhelming number of messages.
That and the communities are usually small-ish so you have the same people in most of the channels.