I don’t like the wording that people use when discussing Discord. Things like, “I’m going to start a Discord server” when in fact they are not self-hosting the server. This makes Discord sound more decentralized than it actually is and it it give the users more of an illusion of control when in fact the creators of Discord have all the control. Stallman was right when he described people as being used and not users.
To be honest. I think these days basically no one thinks of self-hosting or hardware when they hear “server”. Discord has become popular enough that there are more people who hear “server” and think “community” without any implication how it is actually operated.
I don’t like the wording that people use when discussing Discord. Things like, “I’m going to start a Discord server” when in fact they are not self-hosting the server. This makes Discord sound more decentralized than it actually is and it it give the users more of an illusion of control when in fact the creators of Discord have all the control. Stallman was right when he described people as being used and not users.
To be honest. I think these days basically no one thinks of self-hosting or hardware when they hear “server”. Discord has become popular enough that there are more people who hear “server” and think “community” without any implication how it is actually operated.
I agree. I understand why, I just don’t like it :P