Difference between revisions of "Discord"

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Discord

Example of a User's Home Screen - Site Type VoIP communications, instant messaging, video-conferencing, content delivery, and social media Launch Date May 13, 2015 Status Active Product Line Social Networking Service Platform Desktop, Mobile, Browser Website https://discord.com/

Discord is a voice, video, and text communication service used by over a hundred million people to hang out and talk with their friends and communities ^[1].

History

In 2015, founders Jason Citron and Stan Vishnevskiy took it upon themselves to create a service that encouraged talking, helped form memories, and recreated the feeling of togetherness all found through gaming. Discord was started to solve a big problem: how to communicate with friends around the world while playing games online, in addition to making it easy to participate in conversation, hopping around text, voice and video to talk ^[1].

Jason Citron

Stan Vishnevskiy

Usage

Gamers

Universities

Features

Servers

Channels

Direct Messaging

Video Calls

Live Streaming

User Profile

Nitro (Membership)

Ethical Implications

Cyberbullying

Anonymity

Hate Speech

Predatory Behavior

Doxxing

Pornography

See also

• Anonymous Behavior in Virtual Environments
• Anonymous Online Presence and Harassment
• Cyberbullying
• Flaming
• Griefing
• Online Identity
• Social Networking
• Troll

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} https://discord.com/company

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