Well, that is exactly my point. Sooner or later similar issues as with Reddit will crop up on Discord and it is likely to be worse as Discord has an even stronger user lock-in.
Discord is just a bit earlier in the inevitable progression than Reddit etc… why are you here now and not any longer on Reddit?
So then you pretty much answered your own question, I think. When Discord has enough fuckery for me to be annoyed with it, I’ll gladly hop to an alternative. I’m in a whopping two Discord communities and I don’t think the transition would be very difficult at that point.
Because if Discord starts having major issues that impact convenience, I’ll have an easy time pointing that out to my friends-- particularly if there’s an open source alternative that alleviates said issues.
Signal was pretty rough when it first came out but the moment they had support for Windows, OS X, iOS and Android, it was ridiculously easy to convince people to make the switch from whatever they were previously using to Signal.
I feel like you’re too concerned with playing devil’s advocate than trying to figure this out for yourself by thinking in more nuanced terms that take social dynamics into account.
Well, that is exactly my point. Sooner or later similar issues as with Reddit will crop up on Discord and it is likely to be worse as Discord has an even stronger user lock-in.
So then you pretty much answered your own question, I think. When Discord has enough fuckery for me to be annoyed with it, I’ll gladly hop to an alternative. I’m in a whopping two Discord communities and I don’t think the transition would be very difficult at that point.
How will you do it when as you say yourself all your friends are still on Discord?
Because if Discord starts having major issues that impact convenience, I’ll have an easy time pointing that out to my friends-- particularly if there’s an open source alternative that alleviates said issues.
Signal was pretty rough when it first came out but the moment they had support for Windows, OS X, iOS and Android, it was ridiculously easy to convince people to make the switch from whatever they were previously using to Signal.
I feel like you’re too concerned with playing devil’s advocate than trying to figure this out for yourself by thinking in more nuanced terms that take social dynamics into account.