So. Much. Discord.
It appears that a lot of people are moving to a different chat platform right now...and I'm loving it!
A few of the folks from Steemit.chat and Steemspeak have decided that their new home is in the realm of Discord.
For those who have not yet joined, I highly recommend doing so. Why?
Because Discord is awesome.
Don't get me wrong, I love steemit.chat - I still use it, and I don't see why it necessarily has to go anywhere. There's just several points of functionality to Discord that fills a few different needs. I like to think of it like another city within the country of Steemit.
When you join, you'll have the choice of simply connecting through your browser, or you can download the Discord app to install as a standalone program. Once joined, you'll be able to join any channel you have the invite link for.
Here are the 5 channels I'm on:
1. Steemit Talk Podcast
Of course, I can't even imagine making this post without first mentioning the one channel I'm an Admin of along with @sykochica, @giftedgaia, and @quantumanomaly. This is the channel where we do our weekly live podcast, and we've been trucking along for a total thus far of 14 episodes. We've used Discord since the beginning to interact with our live audience which has steadily been growing.
Seeing people come over to create their own Discord channels has been awesome. We've been here for a while, so it's like we're getting new neighbors!
When we're not doing our podcast, we are still pretty much always on our Discord channel. Come join us!
SteemitTalkPodcast.com
2. SteemSpeak
Here's another one I like to spend a lot of time in. There are a ton of Steemit users on this channel, and some incredibly talented and intelligent ones at that. Some of the usual suspects in this room include @fyrstikken , @pfunk , @contentjunkie , @blocktrades , @proctologic , and occasionally even @ned .
Just spending time listening to the voice chat on this channel is an informational resource in and of itself, and when @ned comes on and joins in, it becomes a mass gathering. This one is a must.
https://discord.steemspeak.com
3 & 4. The Steem Venue & The Steem Pub
These 2 channels are a development from the previous steemit.chat room called "TheSteemitBar" which is helmed by @beanz and @the-ego-is-you . Highly recommended.
As per @the-ego-is-you himself,
I run the Pub with the help of beanz and she runs the Venue mostly by herself, but without meddling with the channels
Steem Venue is to be more open ended, unmeddled with
Steem Pub is to be more moderated, but just to get the spam out and allow a good conversation
Right now we have a few handpicked "Special contributors" in there that provide specific posts as a service to the channel members
See @beanz 's post, "The Steemit Bar is Getting an Upgrade & Moving to Discord! (Instructions & Tutorial inside)", to get the rundown.
The Steem Venue: https://discord.gg/RaHbw55
The Steem Pub: https://discord.gg/CpDpfbT
5. SteemTrail
I just joined this one, don't know much about it as of yet. It is, of course, linked to "SteemTrail", which was introduced by @instructor2121 . The post titled "Instructor2121: SteemTrail An Introduction. A project funded by tdv.witness" can provide information into that initiative.
It appears that it may still be under construction, but it looks like it's loaded with different chatrooms. I'm anxious to see what will come of this one once they've got it polished up.
https://discord.gg/S6XEAUw
So that wraps it up for this list. I hope to see everyone over there.
For a great tutorial on how to get Discord up and running, check out this video by @beanz .
It's going to be impossible to keep users if we keep hopping. Slack, then rocketchat, now discord.
I don't like voice chat personally, plus I don't always have privacy where it would be appropriate. Sorry to see so many people leaving steemit.chat which was perfectly serviceable. But congrats I guess.
I'm honestly not that big a fan of rocketchat. It definitely serves its purpose, but it leaves a bit to be desired. I suppose people will have their favorites for a while, but eventually I think people will settle for where most people can be found. In this case, I believe it was the features the new platform offered that ended up being the deciding factor to make the move.
No one stated you had to voice chat, plenty of text chat options; which is Discords main focus.
Personally I like the Rocketchat. I would rather have some deeper integration of that with the main site than go elsewhere. Also I'd be happy to contribute towards further development of it.
I gotta say, I love Discord (if that wasn't already obvious lol), but granted, that's because my friends and I use it to talk to each other, as well as to do the podcast (again, of course), so at least as long as we're producing the show, I'll probably never leave it. Now that a huge group of people seem to be coming over, it almost feels as if a city is being built.
just curious.
how comes you have 12 votes, but it registered as $0 ??
(sorry if my question is naive)
A whole different algorithm was in place when that post was made over a year ago. Your vote really only mattered if you were rich. This is still true, but less drastic.
@winstonwolfe Thank you for the SteemTrail write up! I'm already seeing an increase in collaboration and member activity within the SteemTrail communities. Love it!
I think there was a clear reasoning behind SteemitBar ultimately leaving rocket chat for a better platform. Rocket Chat just wasn't stable enough for me and a great number of other users.
The browser version often couldn't even keep up with fast chat activity and the Windows app would crash and force you to restart. Sometimes unsuccessfully.
There's already a much better platform than that. It's called Discord.
I love discord and have been enjoying hanging out in SteemSpeak's general voice chat!
We love you too, whatsup
How do I get an invite for this? It states on the app I need one to add steemchat?
It's crazy how a trend can happen and within a week everything is different!
When telling people about steemit, I let them know to sign up for steemit.chat, too. Most of them are computer novices. While having all these external sites & tools are are handy for me, I don't know that they are helping the onboarding experience.
I certainly don't expect this to become a habit. In fact, there's a tutorial on how to use it. Perhaps someone could put together a video tutorial to make it as smooth as possible for new users?
EDIT: Found the video by @beanz, added it to the post. ;-)
I joined Discord but honestly wish I had more time to dedicate to chat... I don't. LOL But when I pop in, it's usually to sidle up to the bar and goof off a little. :)
awesome. thanks for this. i've added myself on 'everything' ;)
Discord, discord, discord...
Discord is one unique service with so many tools for organizing and planning like different Discord bots and sites, and so much you can do with events and gaming.
It's hard not to get why so many people are switching to Discord, it's a hit! I guess it's all about staying there though, right?
I personally just love the ability it gives me to connect with people.
Thanks, this was very usefull for me!