Re:How Discord Won
by mordymoop on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:17PM
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I can “handle” Twitter, Facebook, etc. These services are part of my life, contained, separate. I cannot “handle” Discord. Discord is far worse for me. By default, the interface bombards me with either notifications or “soft” notifications that change the color of channels to make you wonder what’s going on in there. I’ve come to loathe it. I recently quit Discord, despite the fact that I run a Discord community of several hundred people. Basically just abandoned it. It was killing me. Twitter is like a pleasant minor distraction compared to this quagmire.
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Re:How Discord Won
by TameAntelope on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:21PM
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You can make it completely impossible for a server (or people) to notify you in any way whatsoever through settings.
That's one of the positive features that keeps streamers and communities using it -- you can't bother people who don't want to be bothered.
Re:How Discord Won
by BelleOfTheBall on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:36PM
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Couldn't you just stick to Discord on mobile and only open it when a notif comes? That way you don't see any changes in the icon, like on desktop. Plus, the notification settings in general are pretty flexible, one of the few things I genuinely like about Discord.