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0 pointscharcircuit4y ago0 comments

>and it is miles easier to use than Discord

No, it's not. With Discord you can just send them a link and have them join your chat / vc. They don't need to install an app, not do they need to make an account.

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maven294y ago

Navigation is horribly broken if you don't login. You're just stuck in a loop typing in usernames.

Several OSS projects that I've seen even have sophisticated bot protection and code of conduct agreement schemes that will hide the useful channels until you apply reactions on verification messages.

IRC channels used to keep public logs. Can we at least have parity with that?

donkarma4y ago

you need to use app to voice chat on discord, and need an account to use anything on discord

charcircuitOP4y ago

The app is only needed for a couple features of voice chat like push to talk when Discord is in the background unfocused.

Server owners are able to configure a verification level. When on the lowest verification level (which is the default setting when making a server) new users without a discord account can join by simply typing the nickname they would like to use.

yoavm4y ago

Unless this is a new thing, I used to do video and audio calls on Discord on Firefox on Linux without issues. No app.

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