Yeah and thanks to it being popular more people are using it, even in remote classes when Covid was. And some idiots think that alternatives (that are actually better) are worse and think that matrix or revolt would become garbage like discord
Name a single better alternative, I will wait.
Lmao man, Matrix can’t even load TEXT messages if there are slightly too many (yeah sure, it will eventually load if you wait long enough I guess), and it doesnt even have voice chat (not voice calls mind you, I am not calling 20 fucking people to play games with them). Revolt does not have screen sharing, nor does it have hot swappable/ joinable servers if you self host. It had like a 4 month period where voice chat didn’t even work.
The fact thay Discord, a software that historically targeted gamers at that point in time, was being used for remote classes tells you how shit everything else was / is in comparison.
Ease of use shouldn’t be confused with ease of setup.
I use discord every day but I am not a gamer so my use case is different.
Schools had to set up classes quickly and use a platform that provided the least amount of friction for students. They likely figured out most kids were familiar with discord over zoom.
I never heard of schools using Discord but it doesn’t sound like a good idea. And again, I say this as someone who likes Discord. Using an app that’s primarily for gamers and adding school to it sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Yeah and thanks to it being popular more people are using it, even in remote classes when Covid was. And some idiots think that alternatives (that are actually better) are worse and think that matrix or revolt would become garbage like discord
Name a single better alternative, I will wait. Lmao man, Matrix can’t even load TEXT messages if there are slightly too many (yeah sure, it will eventually load if you wait long enough I guess), and it doesnt even have voice chat (not voice calls mind you, I am not calling 20 fucking people to play games with them). Revolt does not have screen sharing, nor does it have hot swappable/ joinable servers if you self host. It had like a 4 month period where voice chat didn’t even work.
The fact thay Discord, a software that historically targeted gamers at that point in time, was being used for remote classes tells you how shit everything else was / is in comparison.
Ease of use shouldn’t be confused with ease of setup.
I use discord every day but I am not a gamer so my use case is different.
Schools had to set up classes quickly and use a platform that provided the least amount of friction for students. They likely figured out most kids were familiar with discord over zoom.
I never heard of schools using Discord but it doesn’t sound like a good idea. And again, I say this as someone who likes Discord. Using an app that’s primarily for gamers and adding school to it sounds like a recipe for disaster.