In addition to this you have integration with other gaming platforms like: Battle.net, Steam, Twitch and for example join a game directly from Discord.

6. You don't need to publicize your IP address by default.

IPs have been hidden on most IRC servers for years now.

Does discord even have the option to make you IP address public? I thought you only have the option of private.

>No strange rituals involving NickServ or ChanServ.

True but God help you if you ever lose your discord 2fa seed; you'll have to throw away that identity and start over. [1]

From their FAQ:

Note: If you do not have access to your backup codes, we are unable to remove 2FA and you will have to create a new account. Discord cannot remove 2FA or issue you new backup codes.

*1 https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/11500122107...

That actually sounds like a good thing though.

Agreed, this is exactly how 2FA should work. Allowing support staff to deactivate 2FA is a massive security weakness.

It's great until you discover that Google's migration tool doesn't port Google Authenticator data when you switch phones. Ask me how I know. :-)

You can recover 2FA if you're already signed in on any other device though. You just have to enter your password on the device you are signed in on.

Uh, no saying "any other device" is too sweeping of a generalization. You must be logged into a browser specifically: You cannot turn two factor off from the app.

Regarding 4.), only once which is your account creation which is valid across all discord servers

That depends on the server. You can set it to public, or a mix between the two. Or even a public channel, a registered channel, and a channel for people with 2FA.

The way I got into Discord was some open source project had a link on their GitHub page for collaboration, I clicked that, entered a name and within minutes I was helping out with some code. A cookie kept my temporary account alive.

I don’t remember any trolls or spammers or anything. I noticed there’s a setting to control the amount of filtering for your server. And I think there’s also a captcha the first time a temporary user joins.