Thread 106388393

Why everyone keep using discord despite being shit while lots of better alternatives exist? Is it because it's the popular thing?

It's even more retarded when you see Ai haters using discord and shove lots of bots at their servers.

>>106388393 (OP)
Alternatives such as?

>my friends are there
same reason I keep using 4chan

>>106388393 (OP)
yes all those better alternatives that you couldn't remember to mention

>>106388401
>my friends are there
Same. Otherwise I'd gladly delete it years ago.

>>106388398
As literally anything else like Telegram and Session.

>>106388393 (OP)
I have never liked discord idk why,I just download any app that pedos or terrorists use like telegram or session because more privacy and keeps normalfags away

>>106388476
Pedo use literally everything, including mainstream social media like twitter and Facebook and video games that are popular to kids like Roblox, Minecraft, Smash Bros, Pokemon, Fortnite etc.

>>106388433
those work for text messaging but are shit for voice/video and desktop

>>106388516
Dunno about Session but Telegram is fine at desktop

>>106388558
>requires phone number to log in on desktop
try again

>>106388578
>requires phone number to log in on desktop
Just like everything else today, including Google accounts

>>106388642
I've never had to use a phone number to log into discord

>>106388649
Lots of servers demand phone verification. Try again.

>>106388433
>phone number required
fuck off
>>106388682
As much as I dislike discord, never encountered one that needed a phone number.
If any do, they're probably not worth it.

>>106388393 (OP)
where do i get a debloated 3g cell phone op

>>106388393 (OP)
>better alternatives
Name an alternative that:
>doesn't require a phone number
>doesn't require setting up your own instance
>has feature parity with basic discord usage, including unlimited text and mixed media posts
>is available on all major platforms - web, windows/mac/linux, android, ios
>isn't run by a schizo

>>106388839
Discord uses your phone number if you want to create an account.

>>106388939
telegram you big retard

>>106388393 (OP)
because convincing 50 other people to go somewhere you want is harder than you going to where the 50 other people are

Never used trooncord, never will.

>>106388393 (OP)
god I wanna see 2G

Element Matrix ain't bad. Or go back to mumble public servers wth temporary rooms.
The ol' days.

>>106388393 (OP)
god I wanna see 5G

>>106388393 (OP)
I wanna see the 5G ass now damn

I wish Discord (or an alt) had actual server software you could host yourself, instead of a chatroom.
That plus it's the Facebook of tech. You need Discord or X for a lot of internet social interactions.
>>106389552
Anon posted it here >>106389546

>>106388393 (OP)
>lots of better alternatives exist
well... ok, like?
>slack
pure shit, I don't even know how they're still around.
>teams
see above, also not easy to get bots, meeting interface lacks basic shit and it's tied to hidden SharePoint-isms that cause other weird bugs depending on how fucked up your SharPoint setup is.
>matrix
constant churn, bugs, "federated" means nightmarish bullshit.
>XMPP
million optional standards, more federation bullshit
>IRC
literally can't do anything consistently, most IRCv3 is a fucking meme outside of standardizing SASL. 512B (including line termination + nickname + command + other syntax junk) messages. no standard on monospaced text, no standard for sharing files, no standard for "carbon copy" even. only semi redeeming factor is the protocol is about as "self discoverable" as STOMP, JSON documents and other shitty text-like protocols. easy to shit out things that "work."

>>106388393 (OP)
normie friends are there.
best place to find exclusive goon material.

>>106388393 (OP)
>Is it because it's the popular thing?
Yes, I think so at least. Remember Skype? Despite being worse than malware and slow af people used it because 'all muh frens are there, it's what people use'
Yeah IRC was still alive and whatnot but the average normie was still sticking with Skype
Eventually Discord will fall anyway, one can only hope the next thing is better but that almost never happens

>>106389609
based goon sesh enjoyer.

>>106388393 (OP)
because it’s what people are already using and it is, more or less, functional for its purpose

>>106389320
How easy is element to set up today?
If it isn't as easy as discord, then most people are never going to use it. That includes servers as well.
I agree that Element/Matrix is a vastly superior technology in principle, but the question is if it's easy to use and set up for the average user, and if it's reliable and stable enough for professional organisations to use.
I haven't been following what they've been changing for the past couple of years. So I'm unaware if they live up to these standards now.
I hope we will see wider adoption of the Matrix architecture. It has so much potential.

>>106389740
You don't need to setup anything. Sign up on matrix.org create an account on their server. Then you can easily create large groups or have 1:1 chats

>>106388393 (OP)
because alternatives are really bad actually, plus those platforms have networking effect.

I hate that discord is the default chat app now. I meet people at coding meetups and they only ever want to trade contact info for discord. I have a phone number like an adult

>>106388939
IRC

>>106389811
If it's that easy, and works on phones too, then everyone should be using it.
The underlying technology is vastly superior to anything else as it stands today.

>>106389985
IRC is an application layer protocol.
Matrix is vastly superior in probably every regard compared to IRC.
IRC is still great for what it is, but it's a pain to set up. Most people are never going to set up IRC.

>>106388950
requires a phone number you big retard

>>106388943
Have you ever made an argument in good faith? It does not require your phone number.

>>106388950
and that should be better than discord? how

>>106389618
If they keep mass banning everyone it's gonna eventually fall

>>106389972
Phone number is only for friends and family and not some cringelords

>>106388950
I use telegram and discord, those two are not even remotely compatible.

>>106390458
Comparable, fk autocorrect

Okay but youre not getting the blueprints without joining my discord though

>>106388393 (OP)
retard-proof design, lets even the dumbest of normalfag get in on voice calls.
my friends' mumble server moved to discord, and while i still prefer mumble for audio quality, latency and it not being centralized, at least we don't have to handhold and hear bitching and whining about setting the client up when we invite friends to the server anymore.

>>106390490
That's how things ended for me. Discord for writing shit, sharing pictures, links, having some bots etc etc and as soon as audio is needed it's back to mumble.

Does signal allow you to sign up without a phone number yet?

>>106389740
Self hosting matrix is still aids

>>106390388
Mass banning who? Like Reddit it’s easy to get banned from individual servers for breaking their Nazi rules but unlike Reddit theres still tons of servers for communists like you to thrive. Discord isn’t going anywhere because all the alternatives were too dumb to improve