Discord defends itself against efforts to stop piracy on its platform by saying no to more invasive data collection. Even though Discord isn’t exactly known for privacy, this is a great move for its users. What are your thoughts?

  • JohnEdwa
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    3 hours ago

    Discord is a fantastic IRC replacement.
    The issue is that people try to use it to replace forums, wikis, personal websites, issue trackers, git, and the kitchen sink, and it does none of these.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      2 hours ago

      Exactly. It’s like IRC w/ audio (and probably video now?) chat, and you can post gifs and whatnot. It should be used for discussion, and it’s perfectly okay for that. I would prefer something a bit more privacy focused (again, IRC is decent here, just needs some cryptography), but it’s okay.

      But yeah, not a fan of it being a resource for anything beyond meeting like-minded people to have discussions with.