Discord

[xandra]

@xandra, that's great to hear! I had been super happy to find 32-bit.cafe but I didn't have enough time to keep up with the flood of messages on the various channels and eventually gave up. A forum would be nice as that doesn't require a constant connection to keep up with what's going on.

Do you know how the pubnix is coming along? Seems like that's been in development for some time.

totally understandable! discord can seem like a flood, and especially so when folks get a good groove going conversationally. it can be so easy to get lost, especially as a new person. it's one of the reasons why we're hoping that the discord will be a good point for folks to introduce themselves to our concepts if they're used to discord being "the" chat service they use, but ultimately moving them away to slower forms of communication that can be more fleshed out thinking without completely depending on forum software. we're making a mix. (right now, we direct folks who are looking for a forum to melonland!)

the pubnix is up & running! reach out to qt at qt@32bit.cafe, he'll get you all set up. (he also mentioned he'll be changing the signup page so you don't have to message him on discord to get set up.)

[m1k3]

the pubnix is up & running! reach out to qt at qt@32bit.cafe, he'll get you all set up. (he also mentioned he'll be changing the signup page so you don't have to message him on discord to get set up.)

Sweet! I'll message him - thanks!

[grubbyfox]

Now that Discord will be stopping support for Win7 on the 15th of March, are there any win7 users here? I reckon it will still work, but it may become unstable after each update, from my understanding.

I think I will try the AeroChat when/if Discord feels buggy after 15th of March. Has anyone tried that?

[prismatic]

i use discord frequently, but essentially out of obligation to do so. i wouldn't be able to stay in touch with a lot of my friends otherwise. i also keep up with many final fantasy xiv-related servers trough discord, and am on a few friend servers. i'm also in some pokemon-related server since i have an interest in that.

[Melooon]

Two links I wanted to post:

Discord are going to void your right to sue-them, but you can opt-out? I imagine this only applies in the US but I'd still say it's worth emailing that address from the same email you use on Discord and just say "I wanna opt-out" just to annoy them 

"Users can write an email to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of April 15, 2024 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later.”

Also here's an interview with the Discord boss/founder where he says the small web is the future, except the small web is Discord in his eyes  https://megaphone.link/VMP2694474455

It's always interesting to put a voice to the technologies you use - and he sounds very excited to develop the service, and overall like a thoughtful guy. I also think that for the majority of people, Discord is a good analogous to a small web experience - particularly in the sense that when you're chatting on Discord it's about the personal interaction more than broadcasting content like an influencer.

But while he's very happy to talk about how much he wants you to have fun conversations with your friends, he doesn't mention that he's also very happy to analyze and data-farm your fun conversations with your friends  I also believe his focus on small groups is because small groups have less ability to fight back in the way we saw big Reddit groups fighting Reddit.

On a more positive side; he seems to be interested in allowing Discord chats to be publicly accessible (maybe by generating websites??) that would be interesting!

I also think he secretly wants games to reach a point where you must connect discord to your game in order to play your game or get its full feature set - almost like steam but from the inside out - that's an insidious plan!

Overall I agree with his analysis that cozy spaces and larger social media will ultimately have to co-exist, and that cozy spaces are going to grow a lot. I just disagree about exactly what those cozy spaces should be and what people should expect from them ^^

[Memory]

I mostly use it to keep in contact with friends I met out of state. I also check in on server for bands/platforms I like for updates and whatnot.

[Memory]

I have sort of a weird way of using Discord so my opinion might be different. I use it like some sort of advanced notes app where I have a personal server that I am the only member in and use it to make notes to myself, create lists, share photos between my devices, etc. I saw someone else online with this idea a while back and it's really worked for me. I like that it's searchable, so if I drop a link for something I want to remember I can tag it and search for it later. Bonus is that I can use it interchangeably between my phone, iPad and computers so it's really helpful for art related things. It's maybe not the most practical solution but it works great for me. My girlfriend and I also have a server for just the two of us that we organize similarly with channels for things like grocery lists, recipes, reminders, etc.

I love this so much , I'll have to start doing this as well

[petrichoran]

i use discord a lot! i'm really only active in small servers because big ones are intimidating. i mostly use it to connect with other alterhumans [i mod a few small alterhuman servers!], but i also use it for talking to others about lostwave [music lost media] searches. i'm definitely willing to migrate to an alternative eventually, because i'm frustrated with a lot of the company's actions, but i think it's the best option for me at the moment.

[Memory]

for a while I was going through a cycle of feeling lonely -> join a discord server -> post an introduction -> never post anything else -> leave. to me it feels too much like going to a party where I don't know anyone so it's really hard for me to join in any conversations. it doesn't help that I'm super shy and find instant messaging with strangers overwhelming.

I've pretty much given up on joining new discord servers unless someone I actually know invites me to join one (which hasn't happened yet haha).

I much prefer posting in forums where I can take my time with what I want to say~

Yeah discords 'community' sucks.