Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B

Re:Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B by guptaneil on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:47PM (#26550865)

This is surprising given Discord had 2 fundraising rounds in 2020 alone. If that wasn't to gain momentum for an IPO, then they must just be losing cash very quickly.

For MS, the obvious integration point is Xbox Game Pass, but Discord has been busy pushing gamers off their platform for the past year in favor of broader communities. It'll be interesting to see if they reverse course here, or if MS will position Discord as a free community version of Teams.

If you're looking for a better alternative, check out Guilded (YCS17) - https://www.guilded.gg

I've heard users say Guilded makes Discord look like Skype, but didn't realize how accurate that would become.

Disclaimer: I work at Guilded, but views are my own, etc

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Re:Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B by roselan on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @06:30AM (#26553280)

I went to the website and my first reaction was literally "wtf is that shit?"

Why should I drop discord? Why should I create an account? Why should I download the app and not test in browser?

Even at the bottom: > Ready to try Guilded? > It's easy and free.

If there is a try, there is a catch. (maybe not but on the web it's implied nowadays)

This is not appealing at all.

I'm pretty sure the product is good but your "marketing" sounds completely off to me.

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Re:Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10B by Dracophoenix on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:00AM (#26555823)

Does Guilded allow self-hosted servers and E2EE like Mumble and Teamspeak?

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