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While this is true, in some sense it is also a feature and not a bug. You don't always want the whole world seeing what you're writing. While Discord doesn't of
by kmmlng 3y ago
While this is true, in some sense it is also a feature and not a bug. You don't always want the whole world seeing what you're writing. While Discord doesn't offer complete privacy (unless you restrict access), it provides good-enough-privacy in the same sense that you don't have complete privacy when having a conversation in a town square, but it's private enough. A couple of people might hear what you are saying, but your conversation isn't permanently and publicly archived.
This has its disadvantages, as you point out, but it also has advantages. What I really like about Discord is the fact that people actually connect with each other. I have never meaningfully connected with anyone on Reddit. Discord enables human connection for two reasons: (1) you have a village-sized group of people, meaning you can actually keep track of individuals and your relationships with them and (2) since it is private enough, you can allow yourself to be more vulnerable.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>You don't always want the whole world seeing what you're writing. That's why you use pseudonyms or burner accounts instead of your real name or publicly known handles.
- DrSiemer 3y agoWhat ruffles my feathers is how much useful knowledge I pick up browsing some channel on a topic I care about. It's only random snippets from a moment in time, which makes me feel like there is a world of useful tips and tricks that is just lost in the stream. In general, what you'll find there is better and far more up to date than whatever gets mentioned by the few people who bothered to make a video about it on YouTube, which is unfortunately often still more informative than people actually posting answers and tips on public fora.
- gaws 3y ago> since it is private enough, you can allow yourself to be more vulnerable. There are plenty of tools available that can archive everything ever posted in a server. It takes one mad user to collect everything and leak it to the public.