I use Discord frequently. It's just IRC or Slack, although the userbase skews younger, so indeed there are more GIFs flying around than usual. Channel muting (

I use Discord frequently. It's just IRC or Slack, although the userbase skews younger, so indeed there are more GIFs flying around than usual. Channel muting (and category muting, and server muting) is very important. I also recommend visiting the "Appearance" and "Accessibility" sections in the settings: perhaps you prefer "Compact" mode, or would like to disable all animations (including GIFs).