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Ask HN: Anyone using Discord in a business setting?

4 points by garettmd 9y ago

I've been using it lately for communicating with some open source projects, and it seems like a pretty good competitor to Slack, with a few more features even. But I haven't heard of anyone using it in business; was wondering if that's due to some functionality or SLA type of thing, or just lack of awareness.

stephenr 9y ago
A client who is in a field vaguely related to gaming has mentioned we could use discord (I'd never heard of it before) instead of Skype for calls/chat. Given how much Skype has failed lately, it might be a good option to try. Anyone know of the mac app is a proper app and not just an electron hobgoblin?
- stephenr 9y ago
  Welp, despite this claim: > Minimal CPU Usage It appears that it's Electron. So much for that plan.
  - garettmd 9y ago
    It may be electron but it's super smooth. It feels more native than Slack on my mac
steanne 9y ago
that seems unwise. By uploading, distributing, transmitting or otherwise using Your Content with the Service, you grant to us a perpetual, nonexclusive, transferable, royalty-free, sublicensable, and worldwide license to use, host, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display Your Content in connection with operating and providing the Service.
- stephenr 9y ago
  holy shit.
- garettmd 9y ago
  Is that verbatim from the ToS?
  - steanne 9y ago
    yes. https://discordapp.com/terms https://discordapp.com/terms
    - garettmd 9y ago
      Damn, I guess that pretty much disqualifies it for use in any business venture
- jon-wood 9y ago
  It's a pretty standard term, and is generally in place to avoid them being accused of copyright infringement for giving access to your messages to other people in your organisation.