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I'm a pretty big discord user, early supporter/nitro/hypesquad and all that, and I have never heard of this "influential crowd" calling it uncool. All I've seen

I'm a pretty big discord user, early supporter/nitro/hypesquad and all that, and I have never heard of this "influential crowd" calling it uncool. All I've seen is servers getting larger and more servers popping up. Discord themselves just ran a Snowsgiving server which raised 100k for charity in under a week and had ~10k people in it at any time I checked chatting. I don't have any lag on any devices nor do I hear of anyone else having that issue. The store was maybe not asked for but it's continuously getting better. With the latest announcement it's even more exciting. I'd like to hear about how you think it's a datamining operation as well. The only times I've heard that are from when a lot of alt-right and neonazi servers/users were banned and started an astroturfing campaign.

arkitaip 8y ago
I agree. It is the de facto app for chatting amongst gamers, especially streamers. Just check out streamers on Twitch: even the tiniest ones have a Discord server.
- starshadowx2 8y ago
  The biggest thing is that while it's focused to and originally for gamers that's not the only thing it's used for. There's a server for anything now. Subreddits have Discords, I've been in the typology/psychology Discords a lot. Discord themselves even has a page promoting it for open-source projects. - https://discordapp.com/open-source https://discordapp.com/open-source
  - arkitaip 8y ago
    Yup. I think Discord will ultimately surpass Slack except for certain edge cases.
tlear 8y ago
Data mining operation..? ask yourself what was their response to the end to end encryption requests? There is your answer.
- reciprocity 8y ago
  Their response to the request for end to end encryption was a non-response. They've stated that they believe in security but it doesn't get any more substantive than that.
gsich 8y ago
You can bet that they save every audio sample you generate.
- sascha_sl 8y ago
  the GDPR data takeout option (maybe only for european users) contains a lot of creepy shit (essentially every click and mouse movement), but no audio data
  - starshadowx2 8y ago
    It's not creepy. Discord tracks mouse movements to tell when you're hovering over something and tracks clicks to tell when you've clicked on something. It's just how the client works.
    - gsich 8y ago
      It is. Because this data does not need to be transmitted for this to work.
      - starshadowx2 8y ago
        Are you a Discord developer? It does need to be transmitted for it to work based on how Discord is made. Your argument would be better written as, "I believe Discord could be made differently for this not to be needed." I did see a video or article on it earlier, I wish I still knew where to find that.
        gsich 8y ago
        Common sense. It does not. In fact I just tried it. Went offline, and clicked some settings in the Discord program. It worked. Chat messages from a channel also worked (those preloaded of course) and clicking a link opens the browser. No need for sending cursor information anywhere for this to work. So tell me again, why does Discord need cursor movements to work?
  - 8y ago

arkitaip 8y ago

I agree. It is the de facto app for chatting amongst gamers, especially streamers. Just check out streamers on Twitch: even the tiniest ones have a Discord server.

starshadowx2 8y ago
The biggest thing is that while it's focused to and originally for gamers that's not the only thing it's used for. There's a server for anything now. Subreddits have Discords, I've been in the typology/psychology Discords a lot. Discord themselves even has a page promoting it for open-source projects. - https://discordapp.com/open-source https://discordapp.com/open-source
- arkitaip 8y ago
  Yup. I think Discord will ultimately surpass Slack except for certain edge cases.

tlear 8y ago

Data mining operation..? ask yourself what was their response to the end to end encryption requests? There is your answer.

reciprocity 8y ago
Their response to the request for end to end encryption was a non-response. They've stated that they believe in security but it doesn't get any more substantive than that.

gsich 8y ago

You can bet that they save every audio sample you generate.

sascha_sl 8y ago
the GDPR data takeout option (maybe only for european users) contains a lot of creepy shit (essentially every click and mouse movement), but no audio data
- starshadowx2 8y ago
  It's not creepy. Discord tracks mouse movements to tell when you're hovering over something and tracks clicks to tell when you've clicked on something. It's just how the client works.
  - gsich 8y ago
    It is. Because this data does not need to be transmitted for this to work.
    - starshadowx2 8y ago
      Are you a Discord developer? It does need to be transmitted for it to work based on how Discord is made. Your argument would be better written as, "I believe Discord could be made differently for this not to be needed." I did see a video or article on it earlier, I wish I still knew where to find that.
      - gsich 8y ago
        Common sense. It does not. In fact I just tried it. Went offline, and clicked some settings in the Discord program. It worked. Chat messages from a channel also worked (those preloaded of course) and clicking a link opens the browser. No need for sending cursor information anywhere for this to work. So tell me again, why does Discord need cursor movements to work?
- 8y ago