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The main issue is you’ll never get the cretins that use it off it. Communities… they’re just sitting there burning the library of alexandria… all the esoteric knowledge they’re “putting on discord” is just gonna vanish.

over a billion in vc funding and discord is as shit as it is.

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xvertigox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
As an archivist and data hoarder I hate discord with a burning, visceral passion.

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- ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Are there any groups we can join as archivist / hoarders?
  
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  - xvertigox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Sure, a good place to start is ArchiveTeam
    
    tracker.archiveteam.org wiki.archiveteam.org
    
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Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It’s funny you mention the VC funding. As far as I can tell, it’s only made it worse. Discord would have done great if they just kept expectations low. Instead, they’re now expected to create massive returns. That must come at the cost of consumers. I hope consumers get tired of it and leave, or someone else comes offering the simple service Discord used to provide.

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- greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Mmhmm, its also not early round funding so… where are they gonna get 3bn to pay back their investors? Or even break even at 1bn?
  
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- Limerance@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yes, enshittification of Discord has started a while ago, and it’s becoming worse.
  
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Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Is it worth preserving though?

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- howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  So much tech support has moved to Discord. That’s worth keeping around.
  
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Limerance@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Call them cretins all you want, Discord in a great piece of software and very powerful. The usability is better than most others.

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- greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Its a usability and discoverability nightmare and its continuously probing my system in ways that I don’t want it to.
  
  The usability is complete and total ass unless you’ve grown up knowing no better.
  
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  - Limerance@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    All valid points. It is still popular.
    
    toxic kingdoms
    
    Exist here too.
    
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