Matrix or death.
Matrix is a good protocol but the apps were meh!
> you have unverified logins
> verify this session
> please backup your keys
D'Arvit!
Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else
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Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else
#22Matrix or death.
Matrix is miles behind discord which saddens me. It's a good UI but to consider them in the same ballpark is pretty uncomparable to me
Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else
#23Once again showing that a shitty interface isn't a problem if you can just advertise the right way.
I feel like a boomer when it comes to discord because lots of niche information, utilities, mods, and discussions that I used to google search for and find on forums and subreddits have moved to discord servers and as a non social gamer I find it chaotic and cluttered. I suppose it's different for people who grew up using it to play games with their friends as it became their go-to community tool.
For example if I want the latest info on the state of installing a certain linux distro on macbooks with T2 chips I have to open discord and figure out which unlabeled icon on the left out of dozens of servers I'm in that I visit infrequently has the information I'm looking for. I don't use the servers often enough to memorize their "logo" so it would be helpful if I could see names there. If I want to report a bug in a VR app the only way to be sure the developer sees it is to again dig through those dozens of unlabeled server icons then figure out which of the many text channels I have to put my question in. If I want to be notified when Nvidia cards are in stock at Best Buy I have to find the drop server, find the channel with the pinned message and click on the right "reaction" emoji. I'm not sure why the new generation prefers this format but it is what it is, no harder than digging through IRC channels and usenet but not much of a better experience, personally.
Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else
#24Interesting to read that Discord has received higher offers than previously reported, as high as $18 billion, yet Jason refuses to sell and hopes to go public. Good for him to sticking to his guns, I don’t think I could say no to $18 billion!
Slack was acquired for $27.7 billion. It will be interesting to see where Discord can exit.
Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else
#25Once again showing that a shitty interface isn't a problem if you can just advertise the right way.
I feel like a boomer when it comes to discord because lots of niche information, utilities, mods, and discussions that I used to google search for and find on forums and subreddits have moved to discord servers and as a non social gamer I find it chaotic and cluttered. I suppose it's different for people who grew up using it to play games with their friends as it became their go-to community tool. For example if I wa…
I quite prefer discord over lots of other solutions (slack or zoom). But their place as a forum is interesting and you make an excellent point for the concern that it pushing lots of good content out of the public web and into private spaces. I wonder if discord could add a feature that publishes chat logs in a way that could be crawled by search engines.
Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else
#26Interesting to read that Discord has received higher offers than previously reported, as high as $18 billion, yet Jason refuses to sell and hopes to go public. Good for him to sticking to his guns, I don’t think I could say no to $18 billion!
I mean, as soon as the platform IPOs, I'm going to move to something else. It is the way.
Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else
#27Interesting to read that Discord has received higher offers than previously reported, as high as $18 billion, yet Jason refuses to sell and hopes to go public. Good for him to sticking to his guns, I don’t think I could say no to $18 billion!
It's a chat app. I cannot imagine not selling for an offer like that. Your opportunities for what to do next would be unbounded.
Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else
#28best description i've heard of discord ux is that it feels like hanging out at a chuck-e-cheese
Not sure what that is meant to convey except scorn. Discord's UI works fine for lots of us and I don't see any relationship with Chuck-E-Cheese here.
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#29In comparison to Teams, Discord is a godsend. I think the biggest problem in this space is a lack of quality competition.
Teams is an abomination, in other words it's a typical Microsoft product.
Re: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else
#30best description i've heard of discord ux is that it feels like hanging out at a chuck-e-cheese
Not sure what that is meant to convey except scorn. Discord's UI works fine for lots of us and I don't see any relationship with Chuck-E-Cheese here.
it means it feels age-inappropriate for an adult to use, like hanging out at a children's arcade