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One thing I don't see mentioned is marketing. All of that investment allowed discord to purchase an obscene amount of advertisement. Heavy advertisement of a 'f
by minimalist 6y ago
One thing I don't see mentioned is marketing. All of that investment allowed discord to purchase an obscene amount of advertisement. Heavy advertisement of a 'free' product targeted toward children seems like a prerequisite for adoption, but I'll admit that this take is as light on actual analysis as the parent blog post.
I have mixed feelings. On one hand, it seems like the more toxic (to borrow the phrase) IRC users have moved over to discord, however it also breaks my heart when I find a FOSS development community that uses discord exclusively, as it's not currently possible to use it without giving them a phone number.
- Gaelan 6y ago> currently possible to use it without giving them a phone number I haven't created a discord account in a long time, so I'm not sure what the flow is, but my recollection is that phone numbers are required iff the specific server (community) turns that on as a security feature
- minimalist 6y agoTry it out, I don't think there's any way now. And it's really easy to get completely locked out of your account if you connect from a low-reputation/datacenter IP, like through VPNs or Tor.
- est31 6y agoIIRC discord also requires phone numbers when you connect through services like VPNs or TOR or something. Basically makes pseudonymity really hard. Also regularly I can't log into discord without first filing out a captcha and receiving an E-Mail from them even though my password is valid.