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If it ever becomes too popular Slack and Discord will just ban it. That is what they have done and will do. I'm surprised Discord hasn't already. If you have t

If it ever becomes too popular Slack and Discord will just ban it. That is what they have done and will do. I'm surprised Discord hasn't already. If you have to use Slack for work that's one thing. But people chosing to use Discord is just sad and unfortunate. It's just another Facebook situation wherein they are the product and in a few years it'll become unignorable.

tumult 6y ago
You sound pretty confident. But I'm not aware of Slack (or Discord) attempting to ban any third party clients. Ripcord has been around for 4 years. Discord has never given me trouble about it. Slack is for businesses that pay, they publish an API, and there's no reason to assume they would go out of their way to prevent customers from using whatever client they want.
- superkuh 6y ago
  Yes. The confidence comes from observing these companies' history. I guess you didn't? Discord is very well known for not allowing and then banning any third party clients. It's been their behavior since the start. Slack is less obvious. Slack boils the frog like they did with IRC bridges and has weird nationalistic restrictions re: USA enemies wherein, say, if the client was developed in Iran then it'll get banned. But it's a lot better odds than Discord where no third party clients are allowed specifically.
  - tumult 6y ago
    > Discord is very well known for not allowing and then banning any third party clients. It's been their behavior since the start. Er, no, they aren't. Ripcord is 4 years old. I have no idea what you're talking about. > Slack boils the frog like they did with IRC bridges and has weird nationalistic restrictions re: USA enemies wherein Uhhhh > But it's a lot better odds than Discord where no third party clients are allowed specifically. Nope, this isn't listed anywhere in their rules.
tehwebguy 6y ago
Weird comment, the “unignorable” factor is the problem?

tumult 6y ago

You sound pretty confident. But I'm not aware of Slack (or Discord) attempting to ban any third party clients. Ripcord has been around for 4 years. Discord has never given me trouble about it. Slack is for businesses that pay, they publish an API, and there's no reason to assume they would go out of their way to prevent customers from using whatever client they want.

superkuh 6y ago
Yes. The confidence comes from observing these companies' history. I guess you didn't? Discord is very well known for not allowing and then banning any third party clients. It's been their behavior since the start. Slack is less obvious. Slack boils the frog like they did with IRC bridges and has weird nationalistic restrictions re: USA enemies wherein, say, if the client was developed in Iran then it'll get banned. But it's a lot better odds than Discord where no third party clients are allowed specifically.
- tumult 6y ago
  > Discord is very well known for not allowing and then banning any third party clients. It's been their behavior since the start. Er, no, they aren't. Ripcord is 4 years old. I have no idea what you're talking about. > Slack boils the frog like they did with IRC bridges and has weird nationalistic restrictions re: USA enemies wherein Uhhhh > But it's a lot better odds than Discord where no third party clients are allowed specifically. Nope, this isn't listed anywhere in their rules.

tehwebguy 6y ago

Weird comment, the “unignorable” factor is the problem?