>Discourse and opinions counter to the narrative pulled people away from public discussion due to fear or reprisal / issues

This is such a far fetched/reactionary comment, that it's frankly surprising it hasn't been flagged.

Discord become popular because they capitalized on the emerging online gaming community in the 2010s by offering a convenient and most importantly FREE platform for people to hop online and game with friends/talk with strangers who shared a similar interest.

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ganoushoreilly 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Your response is the "Chef's kiss". It's exactly these kind of policing actions that drives content away from the masses.

No one said discord wasn't popular. It's substantially popular with gaming communities. It's also very popular with non gaming communities, many of which found it an an alternative to Reddit and others.

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cowlevel 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is true but I think it's both.

The popular predecessor to Discord was TeamSpeak. It ran on your own servers and that made it hard to set one up. That's why Discord groups are called "servers", they were hijacking established teamspeak terminology their audience would be familiar with.

And reddit died around the same time by extreme over-moderation.

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john_strinlai 4 hours ago | parent [-]

>The popular predecessor to Discord was TeamSpeak.

dont forget about vent and mumble!

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cowlevel 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think they were ever popular. It was always TeamSpeak.

	▲	john_strinlai 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		vent was massively popular. basshunter even has a chart-topping song about it. "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" or "We're sitting in Ventrilo, playing DotA" mumble, admittedly, not so much.
	▲	jacobgkau 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		While I disagree, it's beside your point, because Mumble and Ventrilo also used the term "server." All three also required installing a client application, which Discord did not (my recollection is that Discord was the first major WebRTC application, and that made it a killer feature in itself at the time).

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AllegedAlec 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Vi sitter här i venten och spelar lite DotA

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mvdtnz 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"How dare you make a claim I don't agree with. Your opinion should be flagged and hidden from the view of the public!"

It's like you custom designed your post to make his exact point.

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AllegedAlec 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> This is such a far fetched/reactionary comment, that it's frankly surprising it hasn't been flagged.

"This is such a wrong thing to say that I'm surprised you haven't received reprisal for it"

Proving his point in real time

	▲	perchedonstilts 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's blatant rage bait/conspiracy thinking. I would argue it goes against HNs guidelines.