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for many years I was prejudiced against #discord , thinking it was a gamer's environment (clj.social)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by avelino@clj.social to c/foss@beehaw.org

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for many years I was prejudiced against #discord, thinking it was a gamer's environment
I always looked to Slack when it came to real-time communication for business/foss

well, I've been positively surprised by discord for communicating with the foss project community

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[–] H3wastooshort@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

THe problem is, Discord in't really the type of platform for a good chunk of FOSS users though. Discord activly scans Messages vor activity that might break their ToS, even private Chats. This is a privacy violation which i and many other find to be quite uncool. This means you might lack the more privacy-focused users opinions.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

Given Discord's history with certain kinds of content being shared on it, it's hard to fault them for doing this. But I agree, most FOSS enthusiasts are looking for something a little more private and in their control.

[–] avelino@clj.social 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@H3wastooshort no doubt the issue is not privacy but open communication with a group of people
if the issue is privacy, discord is not the right tool

[–] H3wastooshort@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

sorry for not making this clear enough in my original comment:

I would be concerned that a sizable chuck of the FOSS community would refuse to join a discord, on priciple, because they won't support a company that is going against all of their ideals.