2 ms·Self-hosting is too hard to do unless you're free to fight spam 24/7.by astrange 4y agoSelf-hosting is too hard to do unless you're free to fight spam 24/7.herbst 4y agoIt depends. To get on the level of spam protection discord has you can just use open source filters.astrange 4y agoThere's a few other reasons - Midjourney uses Discord because it's a free CDN but also because they take care of legal stuff (CSAM and copyright notices.)