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Discord doesn't fundamentally do anything that IRC didn't do, except work reliably on a smartphone. If that's a drug, then that seems pretty close to saying tha

Discord doesn't fundamentally do anything that IRC didn't do, except work reliably on a smartphone. If that's a drug, then that seems pretty close to saying that any kind of online interaction with other human beings is a drug.

expedition32 9mo ago
The notification spam on your phone is something that did not exist in the 2000s, no? I remember that with the advent of smartphones suddenly all websites wanted to send status updates...
- JuniperMesos 9mo ago
  No, and I would've wanted it for the IRC channels I was in at the time, just as I typically want notifications (that I can enable/disable at will) for some chats I'm in on more modern realtime communication software.
giancarlostoro 9mo ago
You havent met people who are terminally on Discord yet have you? I don't know that IRC had that level of addiction. People become insanely attached to 'servers' on Discord.
- sithadmin 9mo ago
  IRC and Newsgroups definitely had that level of addiction going on. Just smaller population size due by technical friction that kept the general population away.
- JuniperMesos 9mo ago
  I might count as terminally on Discord myself - what are your standards for "insanely attached" to a specific social environment, and how important do you think the specific software people use to talk with people in that environment is?
subscribed 9mo ago
One thing that Discord reliably does is to lock me off the account and force me to go through _all_, complete verification hops (starting form the sms to my phone). Nothing changes between my sessions, IP from the same ISP, same device, same times, not even new servers, just a normal, human pattern of use on the decent, old account. Just discord being discord.
- wolvoleo 9mo ago
  Yeah I've been having this a lot too. It asks me to verify then logs me in and then 20 minutes later I'm logged out again with a message I need to verify my email. So annoying.
bloqs 9mo ago
Irc had screensharing and group video chat i had no idea

expedition32 9mo ago

The notification spam on your phone is something that did not exist in the 2000s, no? I remember that with the advent of smartphones suddenly all websites wanted to send status updates...

JuniperMesos 9mo ago
No, and I would've wanted it for the IRC channels I was in at the time, just as I typically want notifications (that I can enable/disable at will) for some chats I'm in on more modern realtime communication software.

giancarlostoro 9mo ago

You havent met people who are terminally on Discord yet have you? I don't know that IRC had that level of addiction. People become insanely attached to 'servers' on Discord.

sithadmin 9mo ago
IRC and Newsgroups definitely had that level of addiction going on. Just smaller population size due by technical friction that kept the general population away.
JuniperMesos 9mo ago
I might count as terminally on Discord myself - what are your standards for "insanely attached" to a specific social environment, and how important do you think the specific software people use to talk with people in that environment is?

subscribed 9mo ago

One thing that Discord reliably does is to lock me off the account and force me to go through _all_, complete verification hops (starting form the sms to my phone). Nothing changes between my sessions, IP from the same ISP, same device, same times, not even new servers, just a normal, human pattern of use on the decent, old account. Just discord being discord.

wolvoleo 9mo ago
Yeah I've been having this a lot too. It asks me to verify then logs me in and then 20 minutes later I'm logged out again with a message I need to verify my email. So annoying.

bloqs 9mo ago

Irc had screensharing and group video chat i had no idea