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[–] mr2meows@pawb.social 1 points 3 minutes ago

i hate discord so much my first discord account got permabanned because the owner of a server i was in went nuts and doxxed 8 year olds and my second account i got locked out for a year because they thought i was a bot and i couldnt use my phone number to verify because it was already in use on my first account then when i finally got in it had a 6 month ban because a server i was in got raided by racists that said slurs

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 31 points 11 hours ago

Lost yearly Nitro

You cuck.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm legitimately paranoid about this scenario, especially since I'm in a couple of ERP servers, and I was friends with ReploidRevo.. yes THAT ReploidRevo, and never knew about what he did until after his downfall went viral. (Shocked the Hell out of me because he seemed so normal and on the up and up)

gooner? or just curious?

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 40 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, if you’re on 4chan…

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 18 points 17 hours ago

This was my first thought.

Obviously did some shit then trying to gain sympathy like omg I was banned for being nice.

[–] Butterpaderp@lemmy.world 86 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

Never understood why anyone would want to pay 100$ a year for discord, the paid version doesnt give you that much imo

[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

To support the developers and pay for a product you use all the time? Same reason you pay for any software/game.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 41 minutes ago* (last edited 37 minutes ago) (1 children)

I agree with you in principle for supporting developers directly through something like OpenCollective....

... but ask Mozilla how much their Firefox devs get for each financial donation.

[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 1 points 26 minutes ago

The company is the heart of the software and it would not exist without the company most likely. True the execs get probably a larger share of any payments but it's just the way the world works. It's a piece of software produced by the company, not the developers.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Personally, Discord has facilitated a long distance relationship with my now wife, and nearly ten years of weekly TTRPG games. I don't mind the cost because they cannot provide that service for free forever, and I think it's worth it for what I get out of it. The other benefits they add for paying are almost just bonuses to me after that.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

you could also pay to host some shit like mumble.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

It cannot be overstated how much of a boon Discord's lack of friction is for connecting with people and forming communities. It is mind-flatteningly easy to get onto Discord and into a community, and while the content of those communities is woefully unindexed deep web, forever sequestered, the external discoverability of the communities themselves is exceptional.

You will not ever reach the same people with the same ease of use as Discord if you use a hosted alternative.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 hours ago

Mumble does not look like a replacement for all the things I use Discord for.

[–] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 26 points 20 hours ago

Which is a good monetation system. Premium users barely get anything but still enough to pay, while free users can do pretty much everything too.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I pay $30 a year for Nitro Basic. It's only $2.50 a month and worth it to me with how much I use it.

[–] padge@lemmy.zip 3 points 26 minutes ago

Same, I call it my "shitposting tax"

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

You don't wanna pay $100 for a bunch of useless stickers and random features that don't need to be in a chat program? Whaaaaaat? That's weird. ^/s^

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 20 points 22 hours ago

I spam 500mb uploads... it kinda makes sense to me

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 17 points 21 hours ago

personally the $3 a month nitro is worth it for me, considering how much I use it. I know Lemmy hates anything capitalist but a coffee a month isnt that much

[–] itsnotits@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago
  • Three-year-old* account with no violations
  • 5-year-old* alt account
[–] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 14 points 20 hours ago

I have a Discord but I hear a lot about how easily you can get banned, largely on the whims of the people running a single server, so I've always been a bit reluctant to use it.

Also, I find it genuinely disturbing how much information all these companies have about you and your stuff.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 106 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is one of the bigger reasons I don't want to use social media controlled by a corporation, it means they can choose to cut me off from people at their discretion, which will probably be based on what is convenient and easy for them.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 11 hours ago

This, the second you aren't profitable, they put you in the modern day version of solitary confinement.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And as Reddit has shown they will shut you down for expressing any political opinion they don't like.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 53 points 22 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Comprehended, yes this is reality you speak of.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Luigi is an American hero. Whether he did it or not is irrelevant. It's what he stands for.

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[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 16 points 22 hours ago

They’re banning people for upvoting now lol

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 157 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Lost yearly Nitro and all my friends

That’s sadder than he seems to understand it is.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 27 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I know "lol anon has no friends" is le epic funny meme but by friends, they obviously meant their contacts.

[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

I have a lot of people, I'd consider friends, that I only communicate with through discord. If I lost my account, I'd likely never hear from them again. Kinda get it.

[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

Idk might just be talking about his online friend's. But knowing 4chan maybe not

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 11 points 22 hours ago

Discord usually just uses some bullshit allegations when they feel like kicking accounts down

[–] backgroundcow@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)

On this topic: I currently have installed on my phone and computer: slack, zoom, MSTeams, element, discord, Facebook messenger and signal to communicate in various projects and friends. What is this madness?!

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