Mandaris

I think I’ve been on most of the major social networks and chat systems. It’s part of the reason that I’m on my current hosting provider. In an ever increasingly busy world, having a quick way to connect to others is a great endorphin boost. Discord is another service that I enjoy, but it might not be in the rotation this time next year.

I’m currently using Discord in the same way that I used Slack 3 years ago. It’s a fairly easy way to talk to different groups in one interface. I can go from one group of friends who talk about indie web stuff and then in one click talk to another group about what Big Banana is doing to make us buy more.

Unfortunately, Discord has come up a couple times in my feed with some less than awesome topics.

Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down and will be replaced by former Activision Blizzard and King exec Humam Sakhnini, according to a press release. Sakhnini takes over on April 28th.

And then there is this one…

Discord is preventing some users from accessing sensitive content unless they allow the platform to verify their age by scanning their face or ID. The new age verification process is described as an “experiment” by Discord

I have concerns.

I understand that these things are services and they need to keep the lites on, but I’m tired of investing in things that have a policy of getting all the money they can make and then turning to poop when they try to squeeze out that last drop of profit.

Part of me wants to be hopeful. It’s not as if things will change the first day and it’s not as if discord hasn’t already gotten a lot louder with attempts to sell me something.

After all, it’s the community that you chat with that matters and not the platform.