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If you haven't been forced into it by your friends/communities, then definitely avoid it if you can
Yeah, it was for a game, but I just said f it, too confusing for me.
Too confusing? How so?
You got servers... I mean, if I wanted something IRC like, I'd be using IRC.
And then there's the left pane which I found totally confusing, had no idea what was going on there, notifications kept popping up, there was nothing in those chats or servers or whatever, and then there were ads, and... fuck, just too much noise for something that's supposed to be fun...
Huh?
So, first of all, Discord doesn't have ads. Second of all, what, since IRC had servers in 1862 then no other chat platform can ever have them?
I will say the notifications can be a bit annoying. There's a setting to turn off the notifications, and one to turn off just the sounds, in the Notifications and Sounds categories in the settings, and I'd recommend to turn both off.
By "left pane" do you mean the channels? Basically, Discord lets you create different servers which contain groups of people and channels. Within each server, there's a list of text and voice channels (and now forum channels) to talk about different things.
Discord can't do much about there not being much in the servers you're in, if nobody sends any messages then you won't find any.
Maybe it was ads from the game, IDK... cuz I think we were on their server.
I'm just used to chat rooms being more IRC like, that's all... this thing is supposed to be more advanced, but it was just more confusing for me.
Yeah, that part was confusing to me... like how can I create a "server" on their server 🤨... we're all basically on the same server, just in a different "virtual server" 🤔 🤷... IDK, it never made sense to me, cuz creating a server means something completely different in my mind, not just "right click --> new server".
Maybe I'm just old, IDK. In the end, we switched to Viber, one chat, simple, elegant, everyone had it instaled, end of story.
Yeah, this was also confusing. I mean... come on, I'm not creating a freaking community here, we're just discussing some shit from the game and having some fun from time to time, sharing memes and jokes, stuff like that, nothing serious, like that chat will be dead in a year (everyone migrates to another state in the end in the game), so why bother building this giant community, when everything will die down in a year or so anyway.
Just way too complex for the thing we needed. Basic chat features, image/video sharing, that was all that was needed... servers, channels, communities... just way too much noise and clutter. I can understand the appeal for people that game 24/7, but I don't so, digging into this, just so that i can write "get to x:y coords and destroy this fucker" or share a screenshot... I mean... it just wasn't worth my time.
Yeah, Discord servers are really meant for communities more than for being a group chat (although you can make group chats with up to ten people). Totally fair if multiple channels and stuff are more than you need.