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The best thing for Signals growth isn't [insert latest fuckery from the US], it's the enshitification of Discord.
One ad, and I've already set up Signal for daily use.
It should be obvious what happens if I see more
My #Discord account got banned because they are sure I am a minor. They want an official government ID that proofs I am old enough use Discord. They want a picture showing me holding the ID and holding a sheet of paper with my username written down.
People like me who do not want to give their ID to random companies will now not have access to their account, their connections.
I made a new account instead. 1/x >>
Discord's latest update just put up a floating ad covering part of the UI. You have to watch a video ad, or hover over it long enough for a initially invisible dismiss button to show up. I've been wanting to switch Pallets over to https://zulip.com, this seems like a good reason to. #Discord #Zulip
I'm still so annoyed that, like over a year later, if Discord's "Streamer Mode" is on, the event link text is replaced with "Hidden; use copy button".
If you click the copy button?
It, of course, copies the text "Hidden; use copy button"
This sort of stuff seems more and more common in software; glaring errors never fixed. But hey "vibe coding" or whatever.
I don't like the new look for #Discord . I don't like the pop-ups to play some kind of game. I don't like the store. I don't like the monetization of it as a platform. I don't like that everyone seems to use it in lieu of forums. I'm deliberating going away from Discord even if there are many groups on it which I would miss. Yet another social media / messenger anything which gets destroyed by capitalism.
#Discord is a terrible communication platform with all its distractions and malfeatures. I've used it to stay in touch with #lisp programmers that are not on IRC nor on fediverse. But today they've crossed the line - they've shown me an ad, an ad that has obfucaed the chat at that. I've disabled the account and not going to use it anymore. Good ridding I guess.
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