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Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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139 points exists | 4 comments | 23 Jun 25 20:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.71s | source
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neom ◴[23 Jun 25 20:43 UTC] No.44359880[source]▶
I'm building a lot on discord right now, I like it but I keep getting scared, then I think, eh, irc servers could have gone away too I suppose, in fact they did, much was lost. I'm sure I'm missing a lot of nuanced thinking in this though.
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LambdaComplex ◴[23 Jun 25 20:49 UTC] No.44359926[source]▶
You can always run your own IRC server. If Discord shuts down, then you're out of luck.
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1. immibis ◴[23 Jun 25 21:09 UTC] No.44360136[source]▶
You can run your own Revolt, Mattermost, or Rocket Chat server, which is basically Discord.
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2. sneak ◴[23 Jun 25 21:11 UTC] No.44360161[source]▶
If you believe this you haven’t used Discord very much.
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3. johnisgood ◴[23 Jun 25 22:37 UTC] No.44360906[source]▶
and Zulip. But they do not support video and audio calls, for one.
4. Nextgrid ◴[23 Jun 25 23:58 UTC] No.44361463[source]▶
You are right, neither of his proposed alternatives start you out with a sea of blinking shit and distractions all over your screen.