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I have used discord intensively in the past but it was tightly linked to very narrow interests, like video games. I never discovered anything on discord, I rath
by MrMan 5y ago
I have used discord intensively in the past but it was tightly linked to very narrow interests, like video games. I never discovered anything on discord, I rather got discord invites from other forums or what have you.
Are there discovery features in discord I may not be aware of?
- sam0x17 5y agoThe lack of discovery is precisely why it's so popular, in my opinion. Communities have a much easier time gatekeeping so you avoid redditization and have a much greater sense of privacy.
- celdon25 5y ago> much greater sense of privacy. This could have been the case, but Discord blocks me from making new accounts without a separate, expensive mobile phone number. You can’t even join most servers without having a bot ping your name publicly. This name is then searchable by any user in that server by searching for “mentions:yourcurrentname#tag”. This applies even if you changed your username since then. You also cannot turn off the ability for someone to see what mutual servers or mutual friends you have. Any of the above issues would be manageable as a single issue, but when combined, Discord is the worst tool for privacy, bar none.
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- sam0x17 5y agoPrivacy in the sense that zoomers' parents won't find their server.
- throwuxiytayq 5y agoThere's always been endless third party websites, and I believe they added first-party discovery for public community servers a while ago. Community servers have been getting some serious features, too. They really are rapidly (and successfully) becoming something more like traditional social media.