How did they dominate the market so much, so fast? Discord was

>>61376918
because it's good and no one else has made anything better

>>61376918
they don't though, just vocal faggots using flavor of the month shit
in 2018 it'll be something else and before long another product as well
irc is the only chat that has true lasting power

>>61376938
>irc is the only chat that has true lasting power
As an autism containment protocol, yes

>>61376918

they got all those retarded streamers to shill for them.

>>61376918
Whoring it out on 4chan and Reddit.

Video games
Children

>>61376918
What's troublesome is who invested into this from the get-go, and why did people willingly start using a platform that exists to collect data?

>>61376937
What's depressing is that it isn't even that good. Usable? Absolutely, and that already puts them ahead of a good chunk of the IM market. But it isn't as if it's the best thing since sliced bread. I'm very surprised someone hasn't put their foot down and made something actually good yet, but now that they would have to compete against not only Skype but now also Discord, it'd be hard for them to actually rise up.

>>61376918

Just wait till they start locking features behind paywalls and putting more restrictions on posted content. The "free" botnet never lasts forever.

>>61377034
The average joe doesn't care about his personal data being collected. That's why so many companies can get away with it.

>>61376970
can't fix what's not broken
irc just werks and you're not limited to any specific cuck's network

teens

>>61377038
Skype is an easy kill, it's fat and ugly. Discord can be hard, but the market is huge and if anyone can pull off something better by the slightest bit, they'd be rolling in dough

>>61377050
This.

There's no reason to use Discord over Mumble anyway.

>>61377038
It is not amazing on the voice side but its not just the voice communication that is the success. Is a really good IM client too, with plenty of multimedia support and constant development. This puts them way ahead of pretty much anything that involves group communication for hobby

>>61376918
What data does this actually collect?

Because it was a wide-open market.
Normalfags don't use IRC/Vent/TS, and MS killed the only normalfag-friendly platform (Skype) with their bullshit. Also it was very heavily shilled.

>>61377000
>>61377002
And Twitch

>>61376918

Because they rolled out a shitton of features that people wanted en masse and the only real opposition was Skype. Same reason shit like Roger Wilco got slapped out of it's orbit by Skype.

Discord only needs video sharing and it'll be pretty much untouchable as a platform for the next decade since that's the primary thing people want.

>>61377317
>has full linux support
>all normie friends are on it
I don't even care about the data mining at this point, really. I'm just glad I'm not forced to use Skype. All they'll learn from me is that I like shitposting from Linux.

>>61377053
Give me a reason to care about my personal data being collected.

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It's fault of all the /v/ shills and other retards.
Now you have this shit, that is closed source, is a data mine, and has paywall features.
You have been warned, but no one listened.

>>61377423
>full linux supports
>electron
You're an imbecile. Get off Linux, you're damaging to it.

>>61377441
>Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.

>>61377157
So much this

>>61377038
Matrix is pretty good. The riot client isn't awful.

>>61377157
Aside from the fact that there is zero setup with Discord. Just create an account and start gaming with friends. No hassle.

>>61377541
Dude, I know electron is shit, but at least it works. Autists are what are ruining Linux. People are driven away when no-life NEETS think you need to hold certain opinions to use this software.

>>61377684
never had problems with mumble or ts3 on linux

>>61376918
Because Skype is literal adware

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>>61377684
"Just works" is the mentality that is part of the problem, that we have what we have nowadays.
Sure, "done is better than perfect", but most of the modern technology goes the path of least effort, putting no thought towards quality of design.
The shit piles up. Before people acknowledge the problem, we will live in the age digital India. Like if that haven't happened already.

>>61376918
Most Discord Shills forget Discord is owned by Communists literally Ten Cent Communists.

>>61377917
>Ten Cent

They own both Epic Games and Riot Games (LoL).

Why are they taking over everything?

>>61376918
>>61377038
>>61377157
discord killer features for me
> no account needed
> web client that works with Chrome and Firefox

>>61376918

How do I make a very simple Discord clone? Especially the easy setup and voice chat that doesn't expose IPs?

>>61376970
One thing I have noticed that is absolutely terrible about Discord is that people can edit and delete their messages.

While there is no history in IRC if you aren't in the channel at least while you are in there every stupid shit said remains with you.

>>61378029
>no account needed
Huh? You need to register with email. The shit also won't swallow temporary/disposable emails.

>>61376918
"Servers" aka chatrooms can be set up by literal monkeys
Plus, gaymen integration
Plus, it's "free"

>>61377208
Everything

>>61376918
they made something much better than Skype.

>>61377038
Discord proved that people will give competition opportunity if it's good though

>>61376918
Because it's slightly better than Skype.
Not a high bar to reach since it has gone to shit since Microsoft bought it.

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>>61376918
Its good

It's easy to use

It's supported on basically everything

It gives the appeal of Skype with the features of teamspeak servers

It's free

>>61377595
uhh, this is /g/
we like thinkering until it works.
i mostly get bored when everything seems to work, so i play with stuff until it breaks.

hassle free is more like a negative for me, since it means the software's options are very limited. And discord has barely any options.

>>61376918
But it's literal garbage. Skype is way better.

>>61376918
Isn't discord owned by facebook?

>>61379171
Skype is a SJW social network now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU9w41tPXyc

>>61379234
No it's funded by gooks known to write code that has detrimental security.

>>61376918
Aggressive shilling.

>>61376937
Wire

>>61377482
Works fine for me. Paywall features are mainly cosmetic and unnecessary.
>but 50mb file transfer is not cosmetic!!!!
Discord is just for chat, it's not a multi-use tool with every function ever.
If by any chance that's a topic that deserves critique, you can simply use Google Drive or Dropbox.
Someday it'll probably break into drama, but up to this point it helped me a great deal.

>>61379292
>Agressive shilling
This and something else: The language they use. It's far more user friendly, which gives the impression of a bunch of friends making a free app to be nice, instead of a giga-corporation like Microsoft.
It sometimes may be a pain in the ass to endure this, example being stupid memes on a fucking corporate email from Discord, but i think it's a neat thing that doesn't happen very often on the Internet.

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>>61379113
>free

>>61379968
Is it not free? Please elaborate.

>>61379979
It's "free" because the software isn't the product - it's the users.

>>61376918
its just easy to use and has loads of features irc doesnt have.

>>61379118
That's because your time is worthless. It's not something to be proud of.

>>61379997

i don't think you understand what a product is

>>61379979
It's not libre, it's just gratis.
It's also botnet.

>>61380035
I don't think you understand what being a product is

>still no option to be anonymous
And this is why all chat services are shit.

>>61380035
you're a big fucking retard

>>61380035
They sell your personal data, hence you're the product? That's how modern advertisements work.

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>>61376918
I like this one.

>>61376918
Not requiring a celphone to create an account and having a client that use 300+ MB of memory.

>>61378223
Huh? You can use a temporary name, no need to actually sign up if you're on the web client.

Skype only continually got worse and worse.

>>61376918
by being free and easier to use than teamspeak

Why haven't those fucks added overlay support Linux already?

>>61380362
>overlay support
Because less than 2 people use it, including you.

>>61376937
>it's good
It isn't though.
>no one else has made anything better
Basically everything else is better.

>>61376918
>how did they dominate the market so much, so fast?
They don't. Skype, kik, facebook messenger, google hangouts, all have more users. Virgins just like discord because it has a cool edgy name and gamers are easily shilled.

>>61379968
It is free
>B-but they collect MUH DATA!!!1!!
Yes but nobody cares about your shitty life, that sold data is probably just statistics about the popular things/words that people cares about, who could help to other business to sell their products with ads, Discord doesn't give a shit if you jerk off to loli shit or if you are sharing screencaps of your shitty code, in fact that data wouldn't have any value otherwise.

>>61379113
Newfag

It's better than Skype, but for voice-only Teamspeak is better

>>61380025
>Install mumble server
>Run installer, even on Linux
>Port forward

All these take approximately 5 min if you have a brain, just as long as downloading discord and making an account.

It appeals to retards who don't know you can change settings on your router

>>61379636
The language they use is a huge turn off for me. It's just so thin and obvious; fake as fuck. I'd be able to use Discord and not feel like an idiot if they just stopped using meme language on every damn screen.

skype fucked itself harder with every update. They literally kept adding indian emotes and making the program more and more buggy with each update. Skype was never a great program to begin with, but the complete incompetence meant that even normal human beings wanted an alternative.

Can you transfer files in mumble?

>autists on 4chan are still upset over discord
kek

>>61376918
Because it's piss easy to use and manage, I talked to a dev about adding webm playback support like they do with Jewtube vids and he said they're working on it.

>>61376918
Because people are to retarded to use teamspeak, and teamspeak is to retarded to update their UI and allow users to post images

>please stop posting certain images because they hurt our feefees okay

>>61380619
You're just a puppet, easy to manipulate dumb ass normal fags like you

>>61378194
If you edit something in Discord it says (edited) next to your message.

>>61376918
>How did they dominate the market so much, so fast?
Shilling?

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>>61380487
>Discord doesn't give a shit if you jerk off to loli shit
Uh check the guidelines again

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>>61380540
>opening ports
compromising your security for /v/?

>>61380643
>being this angry at some random person because they use a popular messaging platform

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>>61380674
>popular
yeah enjoy the botnet

>>61380686
Why did you quote that? Are you saying it's not popular?

>>61380667
>they reworded it after people noticed how obvious it was that they decided to ban that sort of thing out of personal bias
Oh fucking wow.

>>61377238
Which is children again

Is the only IM that has a very low population of normies and roasties.

It has decent voice chat, it's easy to use, requires no setup, and has file transfer and media embedding. Nothing else competes with it really.

Multiple OS clients with ease of use.
>retards are too dumb to setup their own matrix server
That's why you're all here complaining why others are successfully getting users.

>>61377547
But I don't have anything to say.

>>61377541
I use Pidgin with discord and it works great.

>>61378223
I think it depends on the security level of the server.

hyperactive shilling

It was just so fucking easy to use

>>61379236
what's SJW about that vid other than the fact there's brown people in it?

It's *literally* Slack with a Gaymen skin.

It's not like there's a better alternative for "anonymous" online interaction anyways. It's great if you have an online identity as it's private... Or private enough... Unlike Skype where it's a hassle to make an account and you're exposed... Along with your IP, but they may have fixed that.

>>61377038
>ability to have chat ranks
>free infinite channels
>free decent voice
>really fucking easy to use
>works on every OS & in browser (that's key)
>give someone a fucking link & it works

look at mumble, it's built infinitely better.. what's it's issues?
every time someone has to connect they have to get the client
adding info for servers is confusing because normies are fucking idiots
"WHAT DOES LABEL MEAN"
whatever you want
"WHAT IS THE ADDRESS?"
WHAT'S THE PORT?
WHAT'S MY USER NAME?

these are all things I've seen asked many times, especially the label.

discord is fucking copy paste link in browser & you're done

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i dont understand. what's wrong with being a product?
what are they going to do with data of my usage that i should be worried about?

about me: socially retarded uni student who shitposts on 4chan and faps to fat women with big titties.

twitch bait "app" which got shilled

>>61384333
>i dont understand. what's wrong with being a product?
What's the problem with people making money off of you, without you ever seeing a single cent?
What's wrong with the paywall for extra features on the same program that sells your information?

Let's just sell the rest of our privacy, too, while we're at it!

>>61376937
>riot.im

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>>61376918
Discord has avatars.
IRC doesn't have one.
Therefore, Discord is inherently superior because I can roleplay with my kawaii uguu waifu avatar.

its just popular because its free and easy to use, i remember skype, samething, kids dont know how to get a teamspeak server

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>be discord devs
>see Slack
>realize it's successful
>make a shitty copy of it
>add more emojis and reskin it to look more gamer-esque but keep it basically the same as Slack
>make a dickton of money

>>61385315
that's a goose in that picture, isn't it?

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>>61376918
They know how to choose suitable tech for a task instead of following the hype.

https://blog.discordapp.com/scaling-elixir-f9b8e1e7c29b

>>61377441
Let's say a employee knows your status and finds out something which others shouldn't he can blackmail you for stuff

discord has a marketing strategy and a lot of funding. It's built on a framework that allows rapid deployment of new features. Perfect for normies that should stop using skype.

Open source alternatives don't always have this option, income/funding can be scarce, as with recently the crew maintaining the matrix protocol had their funding cut by dramatic 75%.

Discord sucks, a lot of us say that but we all still use it because others are.
It has it's big downfalls being a centralised platform, with the whole system crashing when any one of many functions stop working.

>>61385218
ircv3 has spec for user avatars and fetching message history

WHEN ANYONE ACTUALLY WORKS ON THE SPEC v_v