My experience with Discord is that teams I've been on that use Discord often win (at League of Legends, hackathons, etc.) but that I dread other uses of it. If it's the support channel for an open source project I'd say 1/3 of the time I get to talk to knowledgeable people, 1/3 of the time I get to talk to unknowledgeable people, 1/3 of the time it is crickets.

CrackerNews · 11h ago

When was Discord not considered harmful?

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Discord Considered Harmful

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