MNblockhead
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Discord!
I am quite adaptive when it comes to technology. Even Twitter, which I hated and thought was a stupid idea for a service, I ended up using and gaining at least some appreciation for it.
But I just don't get the appeal of discord. I find the interface a mess. There are so many great teleconference and chat tools out there that are far more intuitive, pleasant, and reliable. In the past year, for various projects, work collaborations, and family and friend communication I've used the following services:
Google Hangouts / Google Meet (heavy user, laptop and phone, I DM games using it)
Google Chat (used to use heavily, now rarely)
Slack (have not used in over 6 months, but it was a solid product)
Microsoft Teams (works great on laptop and phone)
Roll20's buil--in audio-video (meh, everyone needs to have really solid Internet or it gets choppy)
WebEx (starting to feel long in the tooth/clunky)
GoToMeeting (solid product, but I like JoinMe and Google Meet more)
JoinMe (one of my favorite meeting apps, now dethroned by Google Meet)
Then there are the mobile-focused apps: Signal, WhatsApp, Line, and FaceTime
ANY OF THESE would be better than Discord which seems to have been coded by developers tripping on acid. It is confusing to join, confusing to keep on top of anything you've joined, and I find that outside of the US and Western Europe, the service sucks.
PLEASE, somebody younger than me who has experience with other products, and is technically informed, explain to me what the draw of Discord is? My son only uses it because his friends use it. I only use it because if I want to join a game on Roll20 I pretty much have to use it. So, yes, everyone uses it is why everyone uses it--I get that. But WHY did it become the service everyone uses?
And why won't it get of my lawn!
I am quite adaptive when it comes to technology. Even Twitter, which I hated and thought was a stupid idea for a service, I ended up using and gaining at least some appreciation for it.
But I just don't get the appeal of discord. I find the interface a mess. There are so many great teleconference and chat tools out there that are far more intuitive, pleasant, and reliable. In the past year, for various projects, work collaborations, and family and friend communication I've used the following services:
Google Hangouts / Google Meet (heavy user, laptop and phone, I DM games using it)
Google Chat (used to use heavily, now rarely)
Slack (have not used in over 6 months, but it was a solid product)
Microsoft Teams (works great on laptop and phone)
Roll20's buil--in audio-video (meh, everyone needs to have really solid Internet or it gets choppy)
WebEx (starting to feel long in the tooth/clunky)
GoToMeeting (solid product, but I like JoinMe and Google Meet more)
JoinMe (one of my favorite meeting apps, now dethroned by Google Meet)
Then there are the mobile-focused apps: Signal, WhatsApp, Line, and FaceTime
ANY OF THESE would be better than Discord which seems to have been coded by developers tripping on acid. It is confusing to join, confusing to keep on top of anything you've joined, and I find that outside of the US and Western Europe, the service sucks.
PLEASE, somebody younger than me who has experience with other products, and is technically informed, explain to me what the draw of Discord is? My son only uses it because his friends use it. I only use it because if I want to join a game on Roll20 I pretty much have to use it. So, yes, everyone uses it is why everyone uses it--I get that. But WHY did it become the service everyone uses?
And why won't it get of my lawn!