Discord and why U4EA will only use it in a limited capcity for now
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Please spend a couple of minutes reading this to get an understanding of why we are moving away from Discord.
One of the most irritating things about Discord is that in order for our community to have various features that we all use is this: We need to have a certain number of Nitro boosters. In other words, people in our community need to PAY discord for the privilege of doing things like uploading and sharing files or for better audio quality.
I personally am tired of paying Discord $100.00 a year for one boost, which gets virtually nothing! In order to move into the realm of real features, we need at least 6 more boosters. To get features that are free when using TeamSpeak (best audio quality) and larger upload file sizes, we need even more boosters. We also have the ability to make available for browsing uploads like memes and gaming files for free forever when using a forum, such as we have now set up on our website. https://u4ea.cc/forums/
The money that people donate does not cover the cost of running servers, let alone keeping up with the required Discord boosts, so that we can offer members and visitors the kind of information they look for.
While not free, the cost of running the website and TeamSpeak server is minimal, about 2% of what it costs the founding members to keep Discord running every year.
Here’s the other point that needs to be addressed. Discord is a huge corporation. Visit the website https://gtrsocials.com/blog/who-owns-discord for details.
The following links are for sites that bring more insight into how intrusive Discord is and some of the security risks that come with it.
👀 Anyone who thinks Discord doesn’t invade your machine, think of how it shows what game your in to everyone in the server. You don’t post that info, that’s Discord invading your PC to glean the details of what you’re doing.
TeamSpeak (TS)
Our TS server runs on one of our machines; it is private. TS uses end-to-end inscription and is not monitored by any outside party looking to collect information they can sell.
Its lowest default audio setting is better than that offered by Discord unless the server gets enough boosts, and then more boosts are needed to get to the quality that is free and inherent with any TS server.
Links people should go through:
https://gtrsocials.com/blog/who-owns-discord
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3074217/still-using-discord-turn-off-these-5-settings-right-now.html
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffs-questions/7007909
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/16/discord_network_sale/
https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/discord-is-a-privacy-nightmare/7007
Researcher reverse engineered Discord and found privacy-invasive features in the app
by inprivacy
There’s a lot more out there if people are still not convinced that Discord is a privacy nightmare.
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Please spend a couple of minutes reading this to get an understanding of why we are moving away from Discord.
One of the most irritating things about Discord is that in order for our community to have various features that we all use is this: We need to have a certain number of Nitro boosters. In other words, people in our community need to PAY discord for the privilege of doing things like uploading and sharing files or for better audio quality.
I personally am tired of paying Discord $100.00 a year for one boost, which gets virtually nothing! In order to move into the realm of real features, we need at least 6 more boosters. To get features that are free when using TeamSpeak (best audio quality) and larger upload file sizes, we need even more boosters. We also have the ability to make available for browsing uploads like memes and gaming files for free forever when using a forum, such as we have now set up on our website. https://u4ea.cc/forums/
The money that people donate does not cover the cost of running servers, let alone keeping up with the required Discord boosts, so that we can offer members and visitors the kind of information they look for.
While not free, the cost of running the website and TeamSpeak server is minimal, about 2% of what it costs the founding members to keep Discord running every year.
Here’s the other point that needs to be addressed. Discord is a huge corporation. Visit the website https://gtrsocials.com/blog/who-owns-discord for details.
The following links are for sites that bring more insight into how intrusive Discord is and some of the security risks that come with it.
👀 Anyone who thinks Discord doesn’t invade your machine, think of how it shows what game your in to everyone in the server. You don’t post that info, that’s Discord invading your PC to glean the details of what you’re doing.TeamSpeak (TS)
Our TS server runs on one of our machines; it is private. TS uses end-to-end inscription and is not monitored by any outside party looking to collect information they can sell.Its lowest default audio setting is better than that offered by Discord unless the server gets enough boosts, and then more boosts are needed to get to the quality that is free and inherent with any TS server.
Links people should go through:
https://gtrsocials.com/blog/who-owns-discord
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3074217/still-using-discord-turn-off-these-5-settings-right-now.html
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffs-questions/7007909
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/16/discord_network_sale/
https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/discord-is-a-privacy-nightmare/7007
Researcher reverse engineered Discord and found privacy-invasive features in the app
by inprivacyThere’s a lot more out there if people are still not convinced that Discord is a privacy nightmare.
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