I've been considering not using Discord anymore do to security and privacy concerns. Mostly about the former. Discord is a poorly coded mess of software and I've been dumb for using it. I'm probably opening myself up for attack using it. I could mitigate that running it in a web browser rather than running discords app on my computer. I'm not even sure I want to use discord on my phone either.
Before fall of last year I didnt use Discord much even though I had an account because it was an insult to my senses. I found it overwhelming and I couldnt find people to talk to that i actually liked. I've gotten used to the app, though i still find is overwhelming at times and a lot of the people still annoy me. The majority of servers I've come across were full of Zoomers and people younger than that. I think people my age mostly use other stuff like IRC, the more technical ones that I can relate to. Though nowadays Rizon IRC is full of edgelords, or maybe it always was full of edgelords. Though Discord has their fare share of them as well.
As for privacy concerns, that's only a minor concern of mine because I'm aware companies are going to be up your butt no matter what you do. Discord glows in the dark. They collect all kinds of information on you. I'm not really worried about that too much, though some 1337 haxor could come by and get that information and use it. I'm not worried about Discord employees themselves I'm more worried about the haxors which is what everyone using the program should be concerned about. Since when companies collect information it's stored somewhere and it can be leaked.
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