Maybe I'm just old as fuck, but Discord seems like a medium that's literally impossible to have a discussion on. It might as well be an endless auto-generated scroll.
I'm at least one person using it that way, the Discord I hang out on for a league is like that. Going on like "youtube e-celeb official" is pretty much impossible to follow any sort of conversation.
Fair enough. As an old fucker I don't play games online, talk to people via discord, so most of my interaction with it has been as a 'perk' for independent media or tech communities.
I suppose it's the inherent internet company issue of being a useful tool for small amounts of individuals but to monatise you have to scale it and it doesn't well.
Twitch chat is purely decorative, like all of the scrolling news tickers on TV news channels. It's not supposed to be carefully read and understood, it's supposed to feel exciting and dynamic to the mass audience.
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discord is good for instant communication between friends, or small-ish servers built around a purpose
i refuse to engage in high-traffic channels in larger servers because it's a hellscape of a million different conversations at once
Maybe I'm just old as fuck, but Discord seems like a medium that's literally impossible to have a discussion on. It might as well be an endless auto-generated scroll.
It depends on the size of the discord, ~20 people seems to be about the maximum the format can handle.
Agreed but I feel like that's not how anyone used it is it?
I'm at least one person using it that way, the Discord I hang out on for a league is like that. Going on like "youtube e-celeb official" is pretty much impossible to follow any sort of conversation.
Fair enough. As an old fucker I don't play games online, talk to people via discord, so most of my interaction with it has been as a 'perk' for independent media or tech communities.
I suppose it's the inherent internet company issue of being a useful tool for small amounts of individuals but to monatise you have to scale it and it doesn't well.
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As an Old, I agree. I tried and it honestly feels like a step backwards. I think Yahoo chat rooms had more meaningful discussions.
It freaks me out... too much sensory input at once. I miss the pre-Reddit era of niche messageboards.
I have that feeling looking at Twitch chat sometimes and I'm a zoomer lol
Twitch chat is purely decorative, like all of the scrolling news tickers on TV news channels. It's not supposed to be carefully read and understood, it's supposed to feel exciting and dynamic to the mass audience.
Half the reason Hexbear is so nice.
its basically just an irc but stupider so i refuse to use it
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am also a crumbling ruin
discord is good for instant communication between friends, or small-ish servers built around a purpose
i refuse to engage in high-traffic channels in larger servers because it's a hellscape of a million different conversations at once
Exactly, I hate it, but all the cool kids share memes there
Just feels like old school IRC to me. You pop in and out of the conversation like you would an actual in-person conversation.
it's just IRC but better :shrug-outta-hecks: