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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 107 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Tangentially related- I fucking hate discord

[–] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 71 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Discord is fine for chatting, voice, and iterating quickly on projects. I have no idea why people want to think it's a forum. That's ridiculous.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Its pretty awful for all those things if you care about privacy or can't signup for an account

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

also not searchable at all. its an information blackhole.

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Iirc strictly speaking you don't need an account to use it, but most servers disable that option for anti spam reasons. But if you're setting up a server for friends they can chat from a browser without having to sign up first

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, but discord chats are usually called "servers"

[–] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Obviously you would need an account to use it.

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We use it for our friend group, as we have pub nights, group meals, vacations etc. we also all do each other's cat care when we're out of town, so we have a channel devoted to pet photos etc. works well enough for us.

[–] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Exactly. That's a great use for it.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Unpopular opinion: I never liked discord for chatting either. I found it strangely confusing trying to keep track of logins for each group

Edit: I am indeed thinking of slack

[–] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

? Discord has one log in.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

You may be thinking of Slack

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 18 points 2 years ago

I fucking hate discord

It's Cancer, have an upvote.