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Discord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes'(www.pcgamer.com)

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Bloodbeech Forest@mander.xyz
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I never used Discord but used google hangouts before switching to Telegram and Matrix (the former for family and the latter for everything else).

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Malgas@beehaw.org
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Also, weirdly, a lot of people seem to use Discord for things used to be (and I would say should) be on a forum (or community, magazine, etc.)

Trying to follow the thread of a discussion about some obscure point you’re interested in is much easier when it’s in a thread, instead of an undifferentiated chat log with a bunch of unrelated cross-talk.

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GhostMagician@beehaw.org
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I plan to check out matrix since the /r/firefox group has been chatting through that.

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Sizousho@beehaw.org
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Does matrix have a voice/video functionality or is it strictly text chat?

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