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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

I've never had a Discord account. It's gamers, right?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Good on discord for actually doing something given their reputation

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 54 minutes ago)

Given their reputation, you should question if it’s actually due to CP, or some other kind of possible political crackdown. I wouldn’t assume either way.

Usually when it looks like these people are doing their jobs for once, it turns out to be something in line with their previous shit.

[–] mr2meows@pawb.social 1 points 2 hours ago

i hate discord so much my first discord account got permabanned because the owner of a server i was in went nuts and doxxed 8 year olds and my second account i got locked out for a year because they thought i was a bot and i couldnt use my phone number to verify because it was already in use on my first account then when i finally got in it had a 6 month ban because a server i was in got raided by racists that said slurs

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 38 points 13 hours ago

Lost yearly Nitro

You cuck.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 10 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm legitimately paranoid about this scenario, especially since I'm in a couple of ERP servers, and I was friends with ReploidRevo.. yes THAT ReploidRevo, and never knew about what he did until after his downfall went viral. (Shocked the Hell out of me because he seemed so normal and on the up and up)

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 hour ago

imagine gooning on main

gooner? or just curious?

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 45 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, if you’re on 4chan…

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 18 points 19 hours ago

This was my first thought.

Obviously did some shit then trying to gain sympathy like omg I was banned for being nice.

[–] Butterpaderp@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Never understood why anyone would want to pay 100$ a year for discord, the paid version doesnt give you that much imo

[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

To support the developers and pay for a product you use all the time? Same reason you pay for any software/game.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I agree with you in principle for supporting developers directly through something like OpenCollective....

... but ask Mozilla how much their Firefox devs get for each financial donation.

[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The company is the heart of the software and it would not exist without the company most likely. True the execs get probably a larger share of any payments but it's just the way the world works. It's a piece of software produced by the company, not the developers.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

Yes that is the sad reality of it, but I don't think it justifies sending money to the company in the first place. They're backed by VC and are already predisposed to screw you financially in the longrun. Why accelerate this with donations

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 17 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Personally, Discord has facilitated a long distance relationship with my now wife, and nearly ten years of weekly TTRPG games. I don't mind the cost because they cannot provide that service for free forever, and I think it's worth it for what I get out of it. The other benefits they add for paying are almost just bonuses to me after that.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

you could also pay to host some shit like mumble.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

It cannot be overstated how much of a boon Discord's lack of friction is for connecting with people and forming communities. It is mind-flatteningly easy to get onto Discord and into a community, and while the content of those communities is woefully unindexed deep web, forever sequestered, the external discoverability of the communities themselves is exceptional.

You will not ever reach the same people with the same ease of use as Discord if you use a hosted alternative.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 hours ago

Mumble does not look like a replacement for all the things I use Discord for.

[–] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 31 points 22 hours ago

Which is a good monetation system. Premium users barely get anything but still enough to pay, while free users can do pretty much everything too.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I pay $30 a year for Nitro Basic. It's only $2.50 a month and worth it to me with how much I use it.

[–] padge@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

Same, I call it my "shitposting tax"

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 22 points 1 day ago

I spam 500mb uploads... it kinda makes sense to me

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 18 points 23 hours ago

personally the $3 a month nitro is worth it for me, considering how much I use it. I know Lemmy hates anything capitalist but a coffee a month isnt that much

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

You don't wanna pay $100 for a bunch of useless stickers and random features that don't need to be in a chat program? Whaaaaaat? That's weird. ^/s^

[–] itsnotits@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago
  • Three-year-old* account with no violations
  • 5-year-old* alt account
[–] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 14 points 22 hours ago

I have a Discord but I hear a lot about how easily you can get banned, largely on the whims of the people running a single server, so I've always been a bit reluctant to use it.

Also, I find it genuinely disturbing how much information all these companies have about you and your stuff.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 111 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is one of the bigger reasons I don't want to use social media controlled by a corporation, it means they can choose to cut me off from people at their discretion, which will probably be based on what is convenient and easy for them.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 13 hours ago

This, the second you aren't profitable, they put you in the modern day version of solitary confinement.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 44 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And as Reddit has shown they will shut you down for expressing any political opinion they don't like.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Comprehended, yes this is reality you speak of.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 16 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Luigi is an American hero. Whether he did it or not is irrelevant. It's what he stands for.

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[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

They’re banning people for upvoting now lol

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 163 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Lost yearly Nitro and all my friends

That’s sadder than he seems to understand it is.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 30 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I know "lol anon has no friends" is le epic funny meme but by friends, they obviously meant their contacts.

[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

I have a lot of people, I'd consider friends, that I only communicate with through discord. If I lost my account, I'd likely never hear from them again. Kinda get it.

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