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Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification (gizmodo.com)
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[–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

Name a single better alternative, I will wait. Lmao man, Matrix can't even load TEXT messages if there are slightly too many (yeah sure, it will eventually load if you wait long enough I guess), and it doesnt even have voice chat (not voice calls mind you, I am not calling 20 fucking people to play games with them). Revolt does not have screen sharing, nor does it have hot swappable/ joinable servers if you self host. It had like a 4 month period where voice chat didn't even work.

The fact thay Discord, a software that historically targeted gamers at that point in time, was being used for remote classes tells you how shit everything else was / is in comparison.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Ease of use shouldn't be confused with ease of setup.

    I use discord every day but I am not a gamer so my use case is different.

    Schools had to set up classes quickly and use a platform that provided the least amount of friction for students. They likely figured out most kids were familiar with discord over zoom.

    I never heard of schools using Discord but it doesn't sound like a good idea. And again, I say this as someone who likes Discord. Using an app that's primarily for gamers and adding school to it sounds like a recipe for disaster.

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