Re:Discord vs. IRC Rough Notes
by haunter on Friday July 12, 2024 @03:31PM
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Funny that voice chat
doesn’t even mentioned yet that’s what made Discord popular. All the other alternatives for group voice for gaming back then
needed (still does) a dedicated server. Mumble, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo etc. Discord “bundled” the whole experience into one and that’s why it became a fortnight victory.
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Re:Discord vs. IRC Rough Notes
by thoughtpalette on Friday July 12, 2024 @04:00PM
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This is a great point and looking back, is definitely the reason me and a huge number of friends made the switch on launch. Never underestimate free+cloud hosted solutions.
I think it's just that from the author's point of view, for his specific use-case, voice chat isn't a compelling feature in Discord.
Re:Discord vs. IRC Rough Notes
by abdullahkhalids on Friday July 12, 2024 @05:44PM
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He specifically lists one of the good features of Discord as
> desktop streaming (1080p)
> I want to resume streaming Lobsters coding + office hours (esp for queries)
If you are sharing your screen, you are also voice chatting.