Inkipedia talk:Discord

Why Skype to Discord?

Why did you skip Skype and go on with Discord? Seriously, why?! (|Contribs) 23:23, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

There's a bunch of reasons! The ones I can think of right now are:

• Developed primarily for gaming communities
• NIWA and several other NIWA wikis already use it
• No advertisements
• More control over a server with user roles, channels, bots, etc.

So far, I think the switch was a good one. ~SuperHamster Talk 00:58, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

I'll extend that!

• Easier joining
• Does not require all your personal information
• Browser web-client actually works
• Large voice chat

• Push to talk

• File transfer is quicker
• Block formatting of text. Skype trims whitespace.
• Can integrate with other services via bots, e.g. posting of Splatoon rotations or Twitter messages...
• Rooms are part of a server and keep conversations on topic. Skype requires separate chats, which get lost easily.
• Discord is lighter on system resources and starts up much more quickly.
• Has online/offline/idle/streaming. Skype requires you have people in your contacts to see this information.
• It's free. Skype has a paid plan for better features.

User:Kjhf/Sig 12:49, 16 September 2016 (UTC)