I'm curious as to how many here choose to use Discord over Matrix and pay them for the Nitro subscription.
this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
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I use discord to do a few text channels and chat with friends. Every nitro popup gets dismissed because I don't know what it is and have no interest in spending time figuring out some new thing I probably don't need.
Didn't even know it cost money.
I did at one point, but it's ultimately a waste of money, considering Revolt (a much smaller, donation funded chat platform) gives you most of the worthwhile features for free. I've been on Discord for almost 7 years and I could never justify buying nitro again. But, if Revolt isn't your thing, or is just too small, Matrix is a very good alternative.
I did for a while, it ended right when Discord removed its username numbers feature. I used it to get a perfectly rounded-down number at the end of my username, among other things, though there's not a lot I would use it for that I can't live with or adapt to. On the topic of Matrix, I'm on both but think Discord is more savvy, and I use this everyday in my server which welcomes all people with friendly warmth and is suited for almost everything you might like.
I do. Full subscription. Originally I had Basic, but with banners and stuff being added I thought "ah fuck why not?" I spend a lot of time on the platform as staff for a large server, and frequent 2 or 3 others so I'm much more visible as a flagship and interacting with users than most normal users. I dont feel like the average user needs full nitro, but I can break down how I use/see the various features.
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I dropped my 2 boosts on some friends servers, our server is partnered and doesn't need them, and I feel like boosts are....a silly money extraction tbh.
I use animated emotes frequently and emotes from other servers (and animated emotes from other servers) so that feature is worth it.
Increased file size is a godsend. I know this is artificially restricted and discord could be less stingy for free people, but for paid getting bigger uploads has helped tremendously when I have to use modmail on various servers. Send image proof? Easy. Video evidence? Done and done with that increased limit.
Banner? I like it tbh. Not necessary but I like it. In tandem with this is setting my own colors for profile.
I have never once used Remix.
Super Emojis has got to be the dumbest fucking thing I have ever heard of. You get like 5 per week, and is the first feature I go out of my way to use so I can justify its existence. Dumb as hell.
Streaming is nice. I dont usually use it but it is nice to be able to stream in our channels at max. I feel like this one is artificially gimped by Discord to get you to pay, so YMMV. I don't use this feature often.