mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoDiscord over Matrix. The range of features plus the style of the client. I like soundboard and emotes. its easy to setup a server and invite people.
minus-squarezer0@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou cannot setup servers on Discord. https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/discord
minus-squareNoGodsNoMasters [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoWhile that is true, that’s also not what people mean when they say ‘servers’ in this context. No of course they’re not actual servers, but that’s what they’re called and I don’t think anyone is under the impression they’re actually servers
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey are actually called guilds. Whoever started calling them servers needs to be cursed to hell.
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoServer sounds better. Guilds sound dumb.
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBut Discord guilds are not servers.
Discord over Matrix. The range of features plus the style of the client. I like soundboard and emotes. its easy to setup a server and invite people.
You cannot setup servers on Discord.
https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/discord
While that is true, that’s also not what people mean when they say ‘servers’ in this context. No of course they’re not actual servers, but that’s what they’re called and I don’t think anyone is under the impression they’re actually servers
They are actually called guilds. Whoever started calling them servers needs to be cursed to hell.
Server sounds better. Guilds sound dumb.
But Discord guilds are not servers.