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So apparently there are a lot of Discord groups on Era I didn't know about
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Hey, don't thank me, thank the one person with a Steam account older than me and with far more staying power in the scene ColdSun heh.
I find keeping up with specific interest groups is easier on Discord Than the forum but obviously trying to keep up with every community would be impossible.
I'd say probably every major game released has an Era discord server, particularly if it's multiplayer in any way. Then other servers for different communities, too. Of course also non-Era servers like twitch streamer servers and such. Discord is pretty big nowadays, I love using it.
This is weird to me. It's super basic in concept and has a really clean layout. I guess the only unintuitive thing for newbies is switching from channels to private messages, maybe.
Era was born from discords, during the mass migrations everyone retreated to discord groups to find out what was gonna happen next. I was a active member of the k-on OT, the anime OT, super best friends OT, Nintendo general group of comrades and the toonami OT. So I managed to be in all those groups on discord and also somehow in fire emblem era lol
You have a Clemson avatar and are not in CFB Era Discord. Shame.
I'm in two ERA Discords, but I prefer talking about stuff here.
It's easier to catch up and follow topics on a forum imo.
It's easier to catch up and follow topics on a forum imo.
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Yeah, main forum OTs tend to be pretty busy.
When thinking about slow OT with possibly louder discords, my mind goes to places like AusERA and AutismERA.
Discord groups always blow my mind when I enter a new one, weird like a community tucked away that is a world all on its own, little in jokes and member who clearly lead the conversations and have been there for awhile, I prefer small ones where you can track all the comments and feel more close.
Think its a generation thing or hell a divide between older and younger millennials, with Gen Z obvious embracing the hell out of it of course others are on it like your mum not to completely generalise.
Think its a generation thing or hell a divide between older and younger millennials, with Gen Z obvious embracing the hell out of it of course others are on it like your mum not to completely generalise.
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Today I learnt that the NintendoEra discord passes around a screenshot of my reaction to the SwSh Reviews.
I'm always getting closer to being Era Famous, even when I'm not trying.
I'm always getting closer to being Era Famous, even when I'm not trying.
Ya as voice comm apps go it's extremely simple and intuitive. The fact you don't even have to download a client and can just use the webapp makes it even more fool proof.
Been using chat/voice apps since BBS/irc days, and discord is easily the most feature filled + easy to use application yet.
Its the best thing about the forum. The mini communities that spin outside of the forum onto their own discords and friends lists etc make this whole place worth it. I have my MAJOR problems with the site; but I stick around literally because of the fact that its a bit of a hub for stuff like that.
I have no idea how to use Discord. If there were a DenverEra Discord, I would learn how in a heartbeat.
you can share porn more easily
id imagine
same
mostly it's so you can do a cuss without folks getting mad
I think I joined like 8 or so, but last time I was viewing them (like 10+ months ago), they were mostly a ghost town.
I find era to be better because it's usually more active. You get more people posting than just a certain demographic
I find era to be better because it's usually more active. You get more people posting than just a certain demographic
Discord is good but I've always preferred the regular old forums. I wish forums had won the battle against reddit and discord.
Just think about all of the times someone has had some random pc issue in the last 10 years and how you always find the answer on some derelict forum post lol chat rooms just don't allow for that most of the time
Just think about all of the times someone has had some random pc issue in the last 10 years and how you always find the answer on some derelict forum post lol chat rooms just don't allow for that most of the time
Don't suppose there's a list or anything of all the Era discords out there? Or at least a top recommended list?
The recent FFVII demo really makes me want to chat in a (non-toxic) FF discord. There is an active one I'm aware of, but the membership is small and from what I gathered isn't associated with Era anymore.
The recent FFVII demo really makes me want to chat in a (non-toxic) FF discord. There is an active one I'm aware of, but the membership is small and from what I gathered isn't associated with Era anymore.
If you've used any type of messaging program in the last 20 years, then you already know how to use Discord. If you've used Skype, then you're already an expert.
I'm also an old and I've learned to get with the times, man!
How many of you allegedly old people who don't understand Discord are too young to have wasted their youth in AOL chat rooms tho.
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I've found that Discord works best for small, insular groups more than anything. Way back in the 20th Century, I used to be on a forum where the members also had a chat program that we used, but there were only like 20 of us total. It's where we could talk in "private" without our posts being seen by others with malicious intent on the forum.
Every time I've used Discord, I've found it to have a similar vibe. It's usually about 15-20 people who form the core in-group with their own in-jokes and who're familiar enough with each other that they like to chat in "private." Nothing wrong with that at all, it's a great way to communicate with a small group of friends.
If I were to use it now, it would only be with people I know where something like WhatsApp wouldn't be appropriate for some reason.
Every time I've used Discord, I've found it to have a similar vibe. It's usually about 15-20 people who form the core in-group with their own in-jokes and who're familiar enough with each other that they like to chat in "private." Nothing wrong with that at all, it's a great way to communicate with a small group of friends.
If I were to use it now, it would only be with people I know where something like WhatsApp wouldn't be appropriate for some reason.
Anyone wanna let me in on some of the hippest, most happening discords around? Curious about checking some more out.
- Realtime chat is a time sink. It never stops updating. There are always things to reply to. If you don't have an always-online life, you just can't participate properly.
- Realtime chat is ephemeral. You can't take time to compose, research, edit your post. Just spew your reckons into the void. Nobody will read them tomorrow.
- Realtime chat is unthreaded. You liked talking about X? Too bad, the group's moved on to Y now.
- Realtime chat is compulsive. It plugs right into your lizard brain. Every message a little micro hit of dopamine.
- Realtime chat is the death of forums. I refuse to participate on principle.
Honestly, the Smash and Pokemon Discord serves have been really not great. There's more off-topic more than anything. There are good communities out there for specific games though.
Get better admins! A great admin will be able to sort things based on how the conversation and community goes so everyone gets the best experience possible.
One can edit messages in Discord. When you logon it picks up where you left off so you can see what has been posted in your absence.
Channels largely take the place of threads.
The search functionality in Discord is very flexible and intuitive - it allows catching up on things you've missed by user or topic or whatever pretty trivial. The use of @'s or direct messages keeps the discussion engaging, even if you're answering days later.
Discord is pretty cool once you find some chill servers. You can ignore users to drown out the petty / annoying characters. It also integrates well with a bunch of other services which is nice.
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I'd add that by its nature, it becomes very insular in its discussion. (Similar to a filter bubble). I prefer forums because I don't enjoy real time chat for your reasons above, and for the ability to be exposed to differing viewpoints.
EDIT: I also strongly dislike its forced inclusion in many guilds/games nowadays. Let me be a silent observer in guild chat, don't make me sit in voice comms. Discord killed guild/team chat.
Have you seen some of the threads on era? They're just as high entropy unfiltered knee-jerk reaction burpfests with sub-threads crisscrossing each other and seldom staying on topic as people quibble over *grammar* or *tone* when the article is about a serious subject like domestic abuse.
Forums live and die on the self-control of its participants and my friend let me tell you self-control is in extremely short supply on Era. Realtime chat isn't inherently worse than a gang of easily-provoked vessels of trifling shit in a forum.
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