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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 5:29 am
It doesn't matter that it has a terrifyingly old interface (let's call it 'retro') and is as user-friendly as an artichoke . Discord is the new hype for a good part of those under 25.
A on online video game matches or find colleagues/rivals to play with, has become an impregnable refuge, or so they think, due to its curious structure of "servers" where you enter by invitation and which have different chat rooms that are suspiciously reminiscent of the IRC of the 90s, where in addition to sharing online games there are video chat rooms and you can share the music you're listening to on, for example, Spotify, as well as being able to upload a music playlist and have an automatic DJ use it to liven things up.
With its retro 90s aesthetic and ideal structure for forming “tribes” with your friends, Discord is all the rage. Will it last? Since Microsoft is set to buy it and probably integrate it with the Xbox ecosystem, it could egypt business email database have a long way to go, but I have a feeling it’s just a temporary refuge until they find somewhere else.
Twitch
Like Discord, Amazon's streaming platform has gained a lot of followers among the younger audience. Not in vain, many of the most famous YouTubers have transferred all or part of their activity to Twitch. The fact that it has specific tools for gamers that allow the transmission of live video games attracted a lot of young audiences at the beginning, as well as something that doesn't happen on other social networks: people plug in the live video and basically broadcast their lives on Twitch . It's also not easy to use (it has a long way to go to have an interface as simple as YouTube) which is also a barrier for the user accustomed to the easy way (i.e. parents).
A on online video game matches or find colleagues/rivals to play with, has become an impregnable refuge, or so they think, due to its curious structure of "servers" where you enter by invitation and which have different chat rooms that are suspiciously reminiscent of the IRC of the 90s, where in addition to sharing online games there are video chat rooms and you can share the music you're listening to on, for example, Spotify, as well as being able to upload a music playlist and have an automatic DJ use it to liven things up.
With its retro 90s aesthetic and ideal structure for forming “tribes” with your friends, Discord is all the rage. Will it last? Since Microsoft is set to buy it and probably integrate it with the Xbox ecosystem, it could egypt business email database have a long way to go, but I have a feeling it’s just a temporary refuge until they find somewhere else.
Twitch
Like Discord, Amazon's streaming platform has gained a lot of followers among the younger audience. Not in vain, many of the most famous YouTubers have transferred all or part of their activity to Twitch. The fact that it has specific tools for gamers that allow the transmission of live video games attracted a lot of young audiences at the beginning, as well as something that doesn't happen on other social networks: people plug in the live video and basically broadcast their lives on Twitch . It's also not easy to use (it has a long way to go to have an interface as simple as YouTube) which is also a barrier for the user accustomed to the easy way (i.e. parents).