> Discord isn't doing anything that is technologically ground breaking by any stretch and are around "solely" because of network effects. Discord is handling i

> Discord isn't doing anything that is technologically ground breaking by any stretch and are around "solely" because of network effects. Discord is handling identity management and anti-spam. Both of those are a gigantic PITA. Until open source gets a good answer for both of those problems, the federated solutions will always be also-rans.