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> I don't want to join those with the same identity I use in gaming xXx~Pu55yDe5troy3r69~xXx, is this you? I saw you the other day on the StackOverflow Discord
by martin_a 5y ago
> I don't want to join those with the same identity I use in gaming
xXx~Pu55yDe5troy3r69~xXx, is this you? I saw you the other day on the StackOverflow Discord where you were helping me with my HTML-RegEx! Thanks again!
- seneca 5y ago> xXx~Pu55yDe5troy3r69~xXx, is this you? I saw you the other day on the StackOverflow Discord where you were helping me with my HTML-RegEx! Thanks again! Please don't make posts like this here.
- martin_a 5y agoYeah, sorry, that RegEx-topic is really not for those with a weak heart. I'll use an XML parser instead.
- lp0_on_fire 5y agobut have have you tried using rust??
- cultofmetatron 5y agoa good portion of discord is using a combination of elixir and rust actually
- cultofmetatron 5y agohttps://discord.com/blog/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust https://discord.com/blog/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to...
- indigodaddy 5y agoGood point
- indigodaddy 5y agoPls downvote me more for no good reason
- Cosmin_C 5y agoI think that's ~xXN0oBMa573r69Xx~ tho.
- screye 5y agoI agree with seneca. HN os one of the last places on the internet to have serious civil discussions. The absence of low effort meme jokes is one of the ways it soft discourages people from opening the gates to memeery. I'd rather rather compromise on a couple of laughs than see HN become a generic reddit like forum / social network. Just may 2 cents
- TulliusCicero 5y agoDunno what you're getting at here, GP was making a real point in a tongue-in-cheek way, it's not a "low effort meme joke".
- sillysaurusx 5y agoIf they're making a point, I don't understand it. They seem to be ridiculing someone for trying to protect their identity. Any famous person will be acutely aware of how problematic it can be to "just join a server as your real identity." I've had similar problems. I fully agree with the other commenter: if you have a point, just say it minus the cheek.
- ravi-delia 5y agoIt was a point agreeing with the person they were replying too. The social rules of technical communities and informal gaming communities are very different, and the commenter highlighted that. I wouldn't want the same name in a technical and gaming community for basically that reason.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoYou did miss the point then, they were not ridiculing the person they were pointing out how such a thing happens on discord.
- martin_a 5y ago> They seem to be ridiculing someone for trying to protect their identity. As mentioned in another comment: Quite the opposite. Discord should easily allow to have completely separate identities with no connection to each other at all. If that's not possible and there's the risk of mixing up my private life and whatnot with my work life, Discord should not be the place/service to use.
- Bjartr 5y agoNot a complete solution, but for those who might not know, Discord allows you to choose a name per-server.
- penagwin 5y agoThe user id though will burn you though. People who use something like BetterDiscord will be able to easily spot it (as well as your join date). I'd recommend just using the browser to make an alt.
- ashes-of-sol 5y agoThis is how I setup an account for the public facing discord at work, I just use the web client in a Firefox container.
- PenguinCoder 5y agoToo much friction for some tasks. Forums and their features/flaws are better than Discord for some things.
- qualudeheart 5y agoElsewhere in this thread I’ve claimed people should use the web app with a password manager. Sometimes you’ll get a “new login detected” thing and be asked to authenticate your current ip address via email. That can be a headache when switching accounts but you can easily just use an email client which supports multiple email addresses without having to manually log in and out again.
- bgro 5y agoSome servers I'm in has notifications when you join, and then if you ever leave it also has a passive aggressive notification like "OK BYE I guess!!" Mods in smaller communities frequently greet everyone. If you pop in to check something then leave, you might as well @everyone that they're not good enough for you so you're out. That said, Threads seem like they could have some functionality in some technical discords.
- andrewzah 5y ago
- Zababa 5y agoPlease don't ridicule people that are trying to protect their identity.
- martin_a 5y agoI don't, quite the opposite. I think that's a very valid concern and I think it's a actually problem when Discord does not allow you to have different identities or switch easily between them without any connection at all.