How Discord Scaled Elixir to 5M Concurrent Users

Re:How Discord Scaled Elixir to 5M Concurrent Users by aphextron on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @01:21AM (#14750272)

>If there was an open source and federated equivalent to the features Discord provides I'd use it.

But will you pay for Discord though? The features and quality Discord is able to provide are artificially propped up by VC funding. When it runs dry, we will be left with open source offerings, or the next product to take it's place and repeat the cycle.

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Re:How Discord Scaled Elixir to 5M Concurrent Users by connorcpu on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @06:46PM (#14757334)

I already pay $5/mo for Discord. Animated avatars and cross-server custom emoji were enough to entice me

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Re:How Discord Scaled Elixir to 5M Concurrent Users by mahyarm on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @02:55PM (#14755426)

I would if they made the corporate / generic edition ;) It's better than slack

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