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I'm 32 and Discord is the harbinger of getting out of touch with technology for me. It is clearly a great service, because so many people use it and seem happy

I'm 32 and Discord is the harbinger of getting out of touch with technology for me. It is clearly a great service, because so many people use it and seem happy with it, but it is _not_ for me. And I wish that wasn't the case because Discord is pretty much _the_ spot for the communities I'd like to hang around with. But I wasn't able to get on top of its notification system or get past the gamer heavy UI. Does your friend group consist of mainly techies? If not, I am impressed you were able to get them to use it. Even more so if they were already on it. I tried to get folks to use Signal with me for a bit and it was the most futile endeavor I've ever attempted.

squigz 1y ago
Don't worry - I've been on Discord for years and have ran a community for 6 and still don't understand the notification system.
- BLKNSLVR 1y ago
  Thirded. Sometimes I get notifications about some things, and sometimes I don't. I think it's actually a bit (lot?) broken.
dandano 1y ago
We really only use discord for voice chat. I also loathe discord for communities and anything else. Funny you mention the notifications - every now and then discord won't send the notification till hours after my bot has sent a message. I think it has something to do with having the discord app on your desktop open and it not knowing how to handle the notification. I guess my friend group is somewhat techy - but they aren't on HN. We've been on discord since its inception. We moved to Signal as we wanted to get off Meta products.
BLKNSLVR 1y ago
I managed to get extended family onto Discord. Also have one just for my non-extended family. It works great. Signal has stuck for a couple of friends, but has decidedly not stuck for anyone else - and the ones it stuck for were either already on it or have a privacy bent. Signal, back then at least, didn't do group chats, or nowhere near as conveniently as Discord. So much so that I don't even know if Signal does group chats now as I only ever use it for one-on-one. I set up a Matrix server back then too, didn't take. Discord won.
martin82 1y ago
I 100% agree about Discord being a horrible mess that can't possibly host normal people... But Signal? It's basically identical to Whatsapp. I had zero issues getting people on Signal and I now use it exclusively. Every friend and family member is on it. Only works for small groups though. I don't think large communities will have a good time on Signal. Telegram might be better for that.

squigz 1y ago

Don't worry - I've been on Discord for years and have ran a community for 6 and still don't understand the notification system.

BLKNSLVR 1y ago
Thirded. Sometimes I get notifications about some things, and sometimes I don't. I think it's actually a bit (lot?) broken.

dandano 1y ago

We really only use discord for voice chat. I also loathe discord for communities and anything else. Funny you mention the notifications - every now and then discord won't send the notification till hours after my bot has sent a message. I think it has something to do with having the discord app on your desktop open and it not knowing how to handle the notification. I guess my friend group is somewhat techy - but they aren't on HN. We've been on discord since its inception. We moved to Signal as we wanted to get off Meta products.

BLKNSLVR 1y ago

I managed to get extended family onto Discord. Also have one just for my non-extended family. It works great. Signal has stuck for a couple of friends, but has decidedly not stuck for anyone else - and the ones it stuck for were either already on it or have a privacy bent. Signal, back then at least, didn't do group chats, or nowhere near as conveniently as Discord. So much so that I don't even know if Signal does group chats now as I only ever use it for one-on-one. I set up a Matrix server back then too, didn't take. Discord won.

martin82 1y ago

I 100% agree about Discord being a horrible mess that can't possibly host normal people... But Signal? It's basically identical to Whatsapp. I had zero issues getting people on Signal and I now use it exclusively. Every friend and family member is on it. Only works for small groups though. I don't think large communities will have a good time on Signal. Telegram might be better for that.