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[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 165 points 8 months ago (47 children)

Yes, this exactly! I still cannot fathom how Discord took off. It offers literally no advantages over forums, and introduces some massive disadvantages.

[–] voxelastronaut@lemmy.world 105 points 8 months ago (9 children)

It took off because it was objectively the best catch-all communication option for gamers at the time. It's still the best option for certain use cases like that, but I'll never understand why people prefer it for projects, troubleshooting, updates, etc. It seems incredibly lazy and unserious to me. And the current Discord mobile layout is absolutely horrible, making for a totally miserable user experience.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

I hated back in 2015 when people were leaving other communication platforms for the lesser option of Discord

Even today Discord still doesn’t have directional chat and you can’t be in multiple calls at once

At least mods help mask all the other missing features

[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 29 points 8 months ago

I left mumble, teamspeak, and Skype for Discord.

Discord is easily the better options among those choices.

I also can't think of much use for being in more than one call at once. I dunno seems like you're just looking for a different thing. And that's okay.

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