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Me too. I'd consider myself more than technologically competent but the few times I've looked into it, I have no idea what I'm looking at.
Generally speaking, Discord is a bunch of servers. MI6 would have a server. Each server can have one or many channels, which are akin to chat rooms with their own conversations going on, which can include voice, text, and maybe even video (not sure about that really). But they're analogous to the threads on here. You can also have "locked" channels in which only the admins can post certain things, like news.
I bet it sounds like this:
That's a pretty close approximation of my raspy voice. Centuries of hard living do take their toll. I'm definitely too old for Discord. ;)
The difference is... I frankly don't want it. Video and voice options? Look, it may appeal to a certain crowd, but it might scare another away. A sense of anonymity is essential to some participants. If anyone wishes to get more personal, fine. Let them find each other on FB, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok... or find a better place to meet.
Also, every time a new Bond film has been released, things can get hot, really hot. That's fine, and when only written posts are dropped, we can at least manage the influx of conflicting opinions. But as soon as folks start chatting and vlogging, I'm not sure where it's going to take us.
You can still keep your anonymity @Dragonpol. I’m on two different servers and I only display a handle and an avatar.
Here’s a sample of what it looks like.
Okay I'm Stefan Mueller an ex-Nazi.
Okay, now I'll cut it out with the jokes that only two of us are gonna get anyway.
I am sure all serial killers can relate to that.
Yes, that's true. I have to keep it incognito, as it were.
I hope you'll confirm for us eventually that you are, indeed, the Zodiac killer after all this time.
Sadly the dates don't match, or should I say happily?
The benefits of discord
* It's like a collection of chat rooms, though the ability to search through posts and pin posts makes it helpful
* Options for video chat, voice chat, screen sharing. Either 1-on-1, or in groups. This helps the community get to know each other in a way that message boards don't.
* People can watch videos and movies together on it. They can stream games.
* It's much friendlier to mobile devices than a message board.
* People on discord are members of other servers too. For many people, this would be adding a server to a platform they already use rather than them having to go to a completely separate place.
Why do the objectionable comments remain available to be accessed and potentially stir more discord? Or even continue to inspire the source(s).
Also, why weren't the emotional outlashes and insults removed on sight and the originators warned? Folks don't respond to what they never see, or cease and desist when they realize their provocative posts die on the vine and don't exist any more. That could have changed the landscape early on.
Rhetorical questions here I'm not looking for a response,
Back to raising a brand new Bond fan, now. 😉😉
Not to worry. I would also say that the mods all have their own personal lives and jobs of work to do outside of moderating this forum so it's obviously not always possible for them to deal with firefights on the forum at every hour of the day or night. If members could find it within themselves to act with more civility and decorum the mods wouldn't be under so much pressure to clean up the resulting mess and keep the peace. That's something for the members involved (whoever they were) to think about in the interim perhaps?
Congratulations! Clearly one job takes a much higher priority than the other… but not to worry, baby Dimi will have you back soon enough. ;)
Possibly because some of them have been closed? I don’t know.