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Re:How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017) by nonbirithm on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @03:40PM (#28293867)
They also pivoted their marketing message away from being "for gamers" and towards anyone who wanted "a place to hang out," like developer groups or high schoolers.
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Re:How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017) by hi5eyes on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @04:18PM (#28294411)
Discord’s pushing for school groups to use it, especially with the .edu pop up on launch

Discord School Hubs page: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406046651927-...

https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/p37s7s/so_disco...

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Re:How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017) by Ekaros on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @07:23AM (#28300178)
Kinda makes perfect sense, Discord is very good addition to subreddit or Facebook group. And barrier of entry is low, just like those two. It fills a niche for audio and chat of large communities.
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Re:How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017) by PeterCorless on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @07:43PM (#28296424)
It's the TikTok effect.
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