Difference between revisions of "Discord"
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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 <ref name="About Discord | Our Mission and Values"/>. | 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 <ref name="About Discord | Our Mission and Values"/>. | ||
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== Usage == | == Usage == |
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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