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Originally Posted by Soriman the Whide
The tone of my first post in this thread may have been influenced by the ignorance (and it is complete ignorance) to take 2 lines of a wikipedia article and then declare some software completely unsuitable and something to be avoided.
Discord is one of the best and most popular way for internet users to stay in contact, you are able to make your own server which people join. The server can be invite only or public however you will need a way to advertise and spread the word of a public discord to get anyone to join, which would simply be a case of adding an invite link to the server on this site somewhere.
Each server can have multiple seperate subsections for different topics and the server owners can make as many tiers of moderator they want with different permissions, for example one person may be granted the permissions to delete posts from a certain subsection wheras another moderator or administrator may have permissions to ban users from the server entirely.
The thought that raids would happen or the discord would be flooded with trolls and trash doesn't seem reasonable to me, is it not the case that if any group wanted to they could just as easily come here and flood this forum with terrible posts? The a discord server is as open/closed as moderated/unmoderated as you wish it to be.
Although on second thought it probably isnt worth it as it would probably be an impossible task to get the current users of the site to switch to using a new software just to stay in touch in a way they can easliy do via these forums. However if you read this post and think discord sounds like an excellent way for communities to stay in touch with each other in safe and moderated places online for free then i fully reccomend trying it out and finding servers for things that interest you.
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I recommend you watch what you say regarding referring to other posters as ignorant. The Wikipedia post was a quick reference just to point out issues that I am sure the majority of the long-time posters here want no part of.
If you require further reasons not to have anything to do with Discord as a platform for this forum, I suggest anyone can look them up on the Better Business Bureau website:
https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/campbell/p...646/complaints
The BBB gives Discord an "F" rating. That would be "F" as in Failed Grade (on an A+ through F letter-grade scale). A quick perusal of complaints in the last 6 months include:
Sending of "underage sexualized images"
Account hacks
Unauthorized charges on Pay Pal
"Revenge porn"
Abuse of the report option to get people banned
"cyberbullying or targeted harassment of an individual or community"
Enjoy your stay on the Barrow Downs. Let's hope it is not a short one.