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The problem with Discord is it just has a very small user base for a lot of things. I know that sounds ridiculous, but anyone who actually has any general inter
by bowsamic 3y ago
The problem with Discord is it just has a very small user base for a lot of things. I know that sounds ridiculous, but anyone who actually has any general interest that isn’t gaming knows what I mean. It’s very common for the biggest server on any topic to be completely ruined by constant racism or just used as someone’s social space too. The problem is that the quality of the people who use discord is generally low enough that when you consider actually seriously interested people it feels like a ghost town. Worst of all, those biggest servers for any given topic are often ran by nutters. I deleted my account permanently earlier this year and I’m much happier for it.
- TulliusCicero 3y agoSmall user base compared to what?
- bowsamic 3y agoCompared to email mailing lists, actual research groups, Facebook groups, etc. Discord is just empty, it's a ghost town. That's been my experience anyway. The most popular specific-topic servers on Disboard have, what, 500 active users, if that? And even so, the conversation is dominated by perhaps 10 people. It feels cramped.