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1. iammjm+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-06 13:15:43
Fuck discord. Another big for-profit platform that is swallowing big chunks of the internet. before discord there were lots of self-organized forums with their own communities and rules. Now I need to register with some big overlord and download their shitty app just to read what has before been just an URL away?
replies(3): >>kaoD+i1 >>lanyar+ed >>astran+Sk1
2. kaoD+i1[view] [source] 2025-12-06 13:26:30
>>iammjm+(OP)
But you can enjoy it before enshittification arrives!

All praise our VC overlords.

3. lanyar+ed[view] [source] 2025-12-06 15:14:50
>>iammjm+(OP)
Nah. Right in the browser works great: discord.com/app

You’re going to keep running into a wall thinking of discord like a forum replacement; It’s designed to be an IRC replacement.

The invitation system intentionally creates some privacy so you can build a sense of enclosed community around them, and so you have some control over who sees what. Not having your conversations on full automatic blast to the public is a feature.

4. astran+Sk1[view] [source] 2025-12-07 00:59:41
>>iammjm+(OP)
> before discord there were lots of self-organized forums with their own communities and rules.

And running them was awful and drove the people who did it insane, mostly because you had to fight spambots.

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