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I wish discord would support fast account user switching. I vastly prefer it to slack but I also enjoy having good workplace hygiene so having my gaming friends

I wish discord would support fast account user switching. I vastly prefer it to slack but I also enjoy having good workplace hygiene so having my gaming friends pop up during my work hours is less than ideal.

joshstrange 5y ago
Agreed, I don't love the fact that my username is tied to all my discord activity. For my friend-based Discord's that's fine but for larger communities or ones that I'd prefer to just be anonymous it's annoying that I either have to tie it all together or I have to log out/in constantly.
- monkey_monkey 5y ago
  I use the Discord PTB (public test build) and the stable client to separate out personal and professional. It's less than ideal though, it would be so much better if Discord supported multiple accounts
aclelland 5y ago
I use Discord in different browsers to keep separate accounts active at the same time. It works pretty well in Firefox and Edge. Running in the browser also means discord can't snoop on what apps you have installed or what games you're running and report them back to home base which is another plus.
- tannedNerd 5y ago
  I’ll have to give this a try. I already use it in a browser since for some silly reason the discord Mac app blocks virtual cameras like GoPro or manycam.
- fish45 5y ago
  you can also use Firefox containers to keep it all within Firefox
- lytedev 5y ago
  You would enjoy Firefox Containers!
CodesInChaos 5y ago
Not supporting multiple identities is discords biggest feature gap IMO. On windows you can use sandboxie to start multiple instances in parallel using different credentials, but it's somewhat annoying to use and breaks occasionally.
- Jaxkr 5y ago
  You should try running your Discords in Firefox Containers [1]. Even if you don’t use Firefox to browse, it’s superior to Sandboxie for containing multiple Discord instances. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

joshstrange 5y ago

Agreed, I don't love the fact that my username is tied to all my discord activity. For my friend-based Discord's that's fine but for larger communities or ones that I'd prefer to just be anonymous it's annoying that I either have to tie it all together or I have to log out/in constantly.

monkey_monkey 5y ago
I use the Discord PTB (public test build) and the stable client to separate out personal and professional. It's less than ideal though, it would be so much better if Discord supported multiple accounts

aclelland 5y ago

I use Discord in different browsers to keep separate accounts active at the same time. It works pretty well in Firefox and Edge. Running in the browser also means discord can't snoop on what apps you have installed or what games you're running and report them back to home base which is another plus.

tannedNerd 5y ago
I’ll have to give this a try. I already use it in a browser since for some silly reason the discord Mac app blocks virtual cameras like GoPro or manycam.
fish45 5y ago
you can also use Firefox containers to keep it all within Firefox
lytedev 5y ago
You would enjoy Firefox Containers!

CodesInChaos 5y ago

Not supporting multiple identities is discords biggest feature gap IMO. On windows you can use sandboxie to start multiple instances in parallel using different credentials, but it's somewhat annoying to use and breaks occasionally.

Jaxkr 5y ago
You should try running your Discords in Firefox Containers [1]. Even if you don’t use Firefox to browse, it’s superior to Sandboxie for containing multiple Discord instances. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...