First of all, please keep this civil, but I wanted to know what people think about each. Obviously, people have been using forums FAR, FAR longer than people have been using Discord, before people used forums they e-mailed each other, before that they sent mail to each other, and before that they delivered the message using horses, and obviously before that on foot (Probably forgetting a couple stages there, but whatever).
Anyway, what do you think about this ?new age? use of Discord as opposed to forums? A lot of forums are open to it and encourage it, but I would personally like to #BoycottDiscord because of all the problems it causes. Is it fast, easy communication? Yes. Is that communication a good thing as opposed to forums? Not necessarily. A lot of the times Discord will have admins or leaders who do not do their job properly, and end up convicting and banning the wrong people, which only leads to more negative things.
That sort of thing happened to me while finally giving in and using it the past year. People mocked me, talked about me behind my back, said things that I said which I did not say, and one even went so far as to screenshot something I said and kick me from their server the next day while I was SLEEPING, and I tried proving my innocence and apologizing, but the idiot never responded.
So obviously this is just another way people can screenshot stuff, but ALSO DELETE EVIDENCE, and use it for misuse. If you honestly think that digging up dirt on someone or berating them on something like Discord is okay, you need to try the same thing against me IRL and watch out that I don?t punch or kick your lights out (11 year Mixed Martial Artist).
Aside from all of that, I wanted to know what you guys think. If this thread gets locked, whatever, but this is something that cannot go unheard. Please do not name names or anything of that nature in this thread, but what do you think of Discord as opposed to forums? I am going to go campaigning on every forum I ever used now in order to boycott the use of Discord, and I would appreciate it if people helped out. Something that disturbs me more is the fact that this product came out of California, and California already has a bad reputation for several other things I will not mention in the past. That?s why I need everyone on my side on this.
And that?s the thing too. We are all just people anyway. Forums are more personal because EVERYONE can see EVERYONE post and what EVERYONE says, not like on Discord where people can DM each other in private, where companies even do sometimes, and make up the craziest of lies. I?m an objective person, so I prefer everyone to tell the truth and be blunt about it. I hate subjective things, at least most of them, but without that stuff life would be a lot more boring I will admit.
Anyway, my message stands here. Lock or remove the thread if you want, but I will say it doesn?t get any better than the TBT staff. This forum has literally the kindest moderators, admins, and founders I have ever encountered, and I will never take that for granted.
#BoycottDiscord
I?m going to start right now by cancelling my subscription to Nitro.
Anyway, what do you think about this ?new age? use of Discord as opposed to forums? A lot of forums are open to it and encourage it, but I would personally like to #BoycottDiscord because of all the problems it causes. Is it fast, easy communication? Yes. Is that communication a good thing as opposed to forums? Not necessarily. A lot of the times Discord will have admins or leaders who do not do their job properly, and end up convicting and banning the wrong people, which only leads to more negative things.
That sort of thing happened to me while finally giving in and using it the past year. People mocked me, talked about me behind my back, said things that I said which I did not say, and one even went so far as to screenshot something I said and kick me from their server the next day while I was SLEEPING, and I tried proving my innocence and apologizing, but the idiot never responded.
So obviously this is just another way people can screenshot stuff, but ALSO DELETE EVIDENCE, and use it for misuse. If you honestly think that digging up dirt on someone or berating them on something like Discord is okay, you need to try the same thing against me IRL and watch out that I don?t punch or kick your lights out (11 year Mixed Martial Artist).
Aside from all of that, I wanted to know what you guys think. If this thread gets locked, whatever, but this is something that cannot go unheard. Please do not name names or anything of that nature in this thread, but what do you think of Discord as opposed to forums? I am going to go campaigning on every forum I ever used now in order to boycott the use of Discord, and I would appreciate it if people helped out. Something that disturbs me more is the fact that this product came out of California, and California already has a bad reputation for several other things I will not mention in the past. That?s why I need everyone on my side on this.
And that?s the thing too. We are all just people anyway. Forums are more personal because EVERYONE can see EVERYONE post and what EVERYONE says, not like on Discord where people can DM each other in private, where companies even do sometimes, and make up the craziest of lies. I?m an objective person, so I prefer everyone to tell the truth and be blunt about it. I hate subjective things, at least most of them, but without that stuff life would be a lot more boring I will admit.
Anyway, my message stands here. Lock or remove the thread if you want, but I will say it doesn?t get any better than the TBT staff. This forum has literally the kindest moderators, admins, and founders I have ever encountered, and I will never take that for granted.
#BoycottDiscord
I?m going to start right now by cancelling my subscription to Nitro.
