>I am heavily engaged in Discord, and I would be happier if it ceased to exist, because it would force alternative modes to be chosen
I'm almost on this bandwagon, I was super annoyed when all my groups from from google chats and such to discord. Now that I have to keep it around for at least one of those groups, I don't really mind, but having to initially install it and get used to it was annoying.
It's fine for friend (small, private) communities. My problem is that Discord is virtually never a good option for public communities, but it's almost always the go-to choice (because "everyone already has it").
Yeah, it's kinda weird when you are going to a conference or something (especially one that isn't inherently tech related) and discord is essentially required to get the information.
I'm almost on this bandwagon, I was super annoyed when all my groups from from google chats and such to discord. Now that I have to keep it around for at least one of those groups, I don't really mind, but having to initially install it and get used to it was annoying.