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Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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139 points exists | 3 comments | 23 Jun 25 20:16 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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koakuma-chan ◴[23 Jun 25 20:41 UTC] No.44359856[source]▶
Sorry for your loss. I too virtually stopped using Discord in favor of, mostly, Reddit (lesser of two evils).
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add-sub-mul-div ◴[23 Jun 25 21:18 UTC] No.44360230[source]▶
I can't think of any way to look at this where Reddit is the lesser evil. I respect the position but I don't understand it. Reddit and Twitter reached the floor of enshittification with their respective 2023 actions. Discord and others may follow the precedent and get there, but my usage hasn't been affected yet. The Discord official client, unlike Reddit/Twitter, is still ad-free except for the occasional icon highlighting their "Shop" tab.
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1. koakuma-chan ◴[23 Jun 25 21:51 UTC] No.44360537[source]▶
> is still ad-free

I use an adblock, so I don't see any ads on Reddit.

> I can't think of any way to look at this where Reddit is the lesser evil.

Reddit is the lesser evil for my personal use case because more and more Discord servers require a verified phone number to send messages. I can't get help if I can't send a message.

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2. hatsix ◴[23 Jun 25 23:31 UTC] No.44361286[source]▶
That's the individual server, not a standard Discord policy. Subreddits can also make gates that are exclusionary. So... not Discord the company.

Even if it was, "Requires a verified phone number" is not "Evil". You might not like it, it might be incomprehensible, it might be exclusionary, but it's not "Evil".

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3. koakuma-chan ◴[24 Jun 25 14:58 UTC] No.44366971[source]▶
It’s a discord issue if individual servers are incentivised to require a verified phone number.