Discord - Live chat and messaging platform - free to use

[Jasp05]

Have any of you guys considered setting up a channel on discord for discussions?

Discord was developed for people who play online games, however I believe it's free and can be used for almost any online discussion. It's very similar to facebook messenger in that you can share pictures/ videos/ chat in the format of messenger.

It also allows for different "channels" to be setup, allowing you to keep the different topics of discussion seperate.

And you can also have a chat channel where you can jump in and have a live conversation with people.

It has an app for android and apple phones and works on both windows & Mac pc's.

It can provide real time notifications of new chat messages on discussions, which should allow for faster responses.

I check the forums here multiple times per day as I've been throwing questions around a bit lately.

But having an app on a phone or tablet (which everyone has with them most of the time these days) might allow more conversation/discussion to occur around topics normally brought up on the forums.


This is just a thought, and figured I'd throw the idea out there and see if anyone else thinks there maybe some value in it. :question:

[SimmoW]

I must check that out, thanks!

Ive suggested similar things in the past, but they weren't taken up, probably a bit too radical for many!

Ill sign up anyway, you can set up a discussion if you want.

[SimmoW]

My name there is SimmoW, #9297

[Lognic04]

We could make an iceinspace channel - that would be great! would maybe need the admin's permission though, unless we made an unofficial chat

[Striker]

I use it all the time for gaming and yes it's free

[Jasp05]

Yeah i wouldnt set anything up without the ok from an admin. But i think it would be really good the community.