Discord @lemmy.world uselessauth @lemmy.world 1y ago

Discord Shouldn’t Be Your Main Messenger.

uselessauth.btw.so [Opinion] Discord Shouldn’t Be Your Main Messenger. | uselessauth

Discord is a wildly popular voice and text messaging platform with >150 million monthly users. Many people use it as their primary messenger. But should they?

Discord is not meant to be a private messenger. And you really shouldn't use it as one!

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Things that Discord should be:

Small group voice chats (eg gaming groups)

Community chat, like IRC back in the day

Things that Discord shouldn't be:

IM client

Forum

Knowledge repository

Streaming platform
- Knowledge repository
  
  I die a little inside every time I see people posting documentation on locked discord threads
  
  I've come to find one of the most annoying things to read back on Reddit is "go look it up on the Discord." That's like reading a book that references to look up text scribbled on a napkin.