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I basically live on Discord these days. Love it. It's one of the best pieces of technology I have ever used. I hope they figure it out.

bowsamic 3y ago
I just deleted my discord account after realising I live on it way too much. I will miss the people I met there, but it was consuming my life
- nickstinemates 3y ago
  It's definitely the people that keep me on it and engaged, and how easily the software makes it happen. I've made a lot of friends, and it is nice to spend time with them there.
  - gaws 3y ago
    What servers?
  - bowsamic 3y ago
    For every friend I made, there was a horrible troll or toxic clique. Also, I’m just not a huge fan of compulsively talking to internet friends in general. I know that’s controversial for some, but it feels more like validation for myself and someone to talk at when it’s by text, rather than someone to talk with. I’m doing it right now even in this message. Basically it’s hard to not just constantly grandstand with little emotional attachment
    - nickstinemates 3y ago
      That is why getting into voice chat is so powerful. And doing shit over voice chat together on the internet, even if it's just hanging out like you're at a coffee shop talking about whatever. Part of what makes Discord awesome is swapping modes of communication is very simple. You're there. Hop into a voice channel and chat. Have a private conversation over DM. Watch a youtube video together, whatever.
      - bowsamic 3y ago
        Unfortunately I never found a server with an active voice chat community apart from those horrible 1000 user servers full of edgy zoomers. The small ones I found were text only
seoulmetro 3y ago
It's just a chatroom. People have been doing that for ages. A (poorly navigable, well made) chatroom is the best piece of tech you've ever used?
- nickstinemates 3y ago
  It is not just a chatroom when done correctly. And yes, I've been in chatrooms for literally ages (since the early 90s,) and Discord is amazing technology. As an example, the ability for multiple people to share video at the same time seamlessly is unmatched. From my POV - the joint experience, with friends, is the best combination of party line / group text / watch party / joint experience available on the planet.
  - seoulmetro 3y ago
    No, it is just a chatroom when done correctly. Chatrooms have different forms, long and short. You mean stream their screens or share webcam stream? I'm confused how that is new. Your POV just means people are using chatrooms again in a modern PC environment. There's not much to credit Discord with.
    - nickstinemates 3y ago
      OK. We can just agree to disagree.
      - seoulmetro 3y ago
        Sure. You're just wrong. Discord doesn't really do much wrong, or better. It just got popular for doing things that have already been done. It's the MSN of 2010s. Skype was even worse than MSN.
        nickstinemates 3y ago
        Ok
    - 3y ago

bowsamic 3y ago

I just deleted my discord account after realising I live on it way too much. I will miss the people I met there, but it was consuming my life

nickstinemates 3y ago
It's definitely the people that keep me on it and engaged, and how easily the software makes it happen. I've made a lot of friends, and it is nice to spend time with them there.
- gaws 3y ago
  What servers?
- bowsamic 3y ago
  For every friend I made, there was a horrible troll or toxic clique. Also, I’m just not a huge fan of compulsively talking to internet friends in general. I know that’s controversial for some, but it feels more like validation for myself and someone to talk at when it’s by text, rather than someone to talk with. I’m doing it right now even in this message. Basically it’s hard to not just constantly grandstand with little emotional attachment
  - nickstinemates 3y ago
    That is why getting into voice chat is so powerful. And doing shit over voice chat together on the internet, even if it's just hanging out like you're at a coffee shop talking about whatever. Part of what makes Discord awesome is swapping modes of communication is very simple. You're there. Hop into a voice channel and chat. Have a private conversation over DM. Watch a youtube video together, whatever.
    - bowsamic 3y ago
      Unfortunately I never found a server with an active voice chat community apart from those horrible 1000 user servers full of edgy zoomers. The small ones I found were text only

seoulmetro 3y ago

It's just a chatroom. People have been doing that for ages. A (poorly navigable, well made) chatroom is the best piece of tech you've ever used?

nickstinemates 3y ago
It is not just a chatroom when done correctly. And yes, I've been in chatrooms for literally ages (since the early 90s,) and Discord is amazing technology. As an example, the ability for multiple people to share video at the same time seamlessly is unmatched. From my POV - the joint experience, with friends, is the best combination of party line / group text / watch party / joint experience available on the planet.
- seoulmetro 3y ago
  No, it is just a chatroom when done correctly. Chatrooms have different forms, long and short. You mean stream their screens or share webcam stream? I'm confused how that is new. Your POV just means people are using chatrooms again in a modern PC environment. There's not much to credit Discord with.
  - nickstinemates 3y ago
    OK. We can just agree to disagree.
    - seoulmetro 3y ago
      Sure. You're just wrong. Discord doesn't really do much wrong, or better. It just got popular for doing things that have already been done. It's the MSN of 2010s. Skype was even worse than MSN.
      - nickstinemates 3y ago
        Ok
  - 3y ago