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A Discord Alternative – Echoed

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Re: A Discord Alternative – Echoed

#11

Post by hmokiguess »

Please please please someone take over discord and their use base. Their nitro and ads is the most toxic nonsense stuff I have ever had the displeasure to work with.

I am in a niche market with both new gen workers and customers and discord is a really important medium to engage and connect with them. My soul dies every time I am there dealing with all sorts of psychological traps and baits to more spending coupled with the incessant advertising.

I don't even care anymore who wins that market, just get me out of it.

Re: A Discord Alternative – Echoed

#13

Post by hmokiguess »

charcircuit wrote: post #8
LorenDB wrote: post #4

Why do all the Discord alternative apps try to 1:1 clone Discord's UI? Half of my dislike of Discord stems from its UI.

Because it reduces the switching cost because users don't have to learn a new interface. Discord has shown that its UI is at least capable of being used by hundreds of millions of users so it is not a bad starting point.

That's exactly it. A lot of users are likely emotionally attached and trapped to their Nitro garbage and feel like they "invested" far into the cult by now. Giving them a way out is important if you want to acquire that market.

Re: A Discord Alternative – Echoed

#14

Post by theturtletalks »

LorenDB wrote: post #4

Why do all the Discord alternative apps try to 1:1 clone Discord's UI? Half of my dislike of Discord stems from its UI.

Have you tried Chatto[0]? Seems to be an open-source Slack and Discord alternative with a nice UI.

0. https://github.com/chattocorp/chatto

Re: A Discord Alternative – Echoed

#16

Post by apetresc »

bitmasher9 wrote: post #3

Is there anyone there I want to talk to? You need to demonstrate that before I create a login, otherwise there is too much friction for me. The iOS storefront is also far behind your website in quality and attention to detail. Edit: please accept this in the spirit of some quick feedback from one maker to another

How on earth do you expect them to show you whether there's anyone there you want to talk to?

Re: A Discord Alternative – Echoed

#19

Post by adzm »

hmokiguess wrote: post #11

Please please please someone take over discord and their use base. Their nitro and ads is the most toxic nonsense stuff I have ever had the displeasure to work with. I am in a niche market with both new gen workers and customers and discord is a really important medium to engage and connect with them. My soul dies every time I am there dealing with all sorts of psychological traps and baits to more spending coupled w…

There is so little advertising on discord that I find it hilarious you are so upset about a few notifications here and there about nitro and other aesthetic perks which are basically entirely optional

Re: A Discord Alternative – Echoed

#20

Post by virgil_disgr4ce »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #10
LorenDB wrote: post #4

Why do all the Discord alternative apps try to 1:1 clone Discord's UI? Half of my dislike of Discord stems from its UI.

I'm always surprised to hear people hate Discord's UI. I think it's fine. The only thing I was probably change is adding the ability to bookmark specific channels so I can switch to them in a single click no matter what channel I'm currently looking at.

Yeah; I get the impression that people saying this really mean "I hate the stupid upsells." Which is fine, I do too. But I guess on HN there's more clout to claiming it's the UI that's the problem?
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