Discord has both good and bad elements to it after using it for 1 year. The good elements are:1. Ease of use.2. Ability to connect with different groups and individuals. 3. Potential to develop creative and productive spaces.The bad elements are:1. Lack of accountability or professionalism. Seems like a rogue agent creating a 'Wild West' platform for any group to use.2. Difficult to contact with concerns or complaints.3. Groups I've been a part of are not managed professionally. Moderators don't seem to know what they're doing.4. Heavily censored. Even discussions which don't fall under the server rules and are non-offensive are heavily censored. There is little freedom of speech to be found in Discord. 'Off Topic' is a go to phrase to explain this censorship when all other excuses fail.5. I've encountered groups where scammers have exploited members for money. The difficult complaints process leaves members vulnerable to this type of activity and the 'Wild West' environment they create leaves little to be confident about in terms of safety.All in all, Discord is a great concept but is not being managed effectively in a practical way. It seems like a platform where nobody is in control in terms of scams, but unprofessional Moderators are in control in terms of freedom of speech and expression. Seems like another extension of a company which became big during the Pandemic, but contributes to the powerlessness most of us feel in our current societies. I would avoid.
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Discord is a proprietary freeware VoIP application and digital distribution platform—designed initially for the video gaming community—that specializes in text, image, video and audio communication between users in a chat channel.
