[pech0rin]

Looks interesting. Definitely nailing the old myspace aesthetic. I’d be more curious about active users versus registered users. Social networks are usually defined by activity. Unfortunately registered users probably contains a lot of bots and spammers.

[Sparkyte]

When I saw this I was like ooh noes not myspace all over again. I feel this style may actually be a hinderance for adopting more users. People really want something more reactive like Discord. Discord is very much disliked, but the software is really good and that is why most people won't abandon it. It is like comparing Slack to Teams. It will be a long time before anything catches immediately up to Slack or Discord in usability. Although I have a short list of things that would be QoL improvements that would make both them soooooo much better.

[sqeaky]

> Discord is very much disliked, but the software is really good and that is why most people won't abandon it

I dislike every single one of discord's design decisions, I think the software is garbage, and it is riddled with security problems. Their customer service is a nightmare, a hacker got one of my friends accounts and even though he'd paid up for some kind of Discord extra service for more than 2 years in advance they wouldn't refund him or give him his account back. The API is bad too.

I use it purely because of the network effect. The people I want to communicate with use it, and the instant that changes if Discord isn't better then I'm out.

[pjc50]

> Discord is very much disliked, but the software is really good

Discord as a text chat app is appalling. Whether on mobile, chromebook or desktop PC it's slow and janky to transition between channels. It is a measurably worse user experience than using IRC on a computer from twenty years ago with 1,000x less raw MIPS.

Maybe it has some advantages for voice chat, but to me it's a lowest common denominator we use because of the people and despite the software.

[jazzyjackson]

Discord always had a unique way of making me feel old

I avoided it because when when a ding occurred there is no indication which channel had just donged, just left me confused as to what was happening

[lelanthran]

> People really want something more reactive like Discord. Discord is very much disliked, but the software is really good and that is why most people won't abandon it.

This probably comes as a surprise to Discord users, but it really is a niche social network.

We're talking fractions of a percent of users compared to existing social networks.

People don't really want something like Discord - the downsides by far outweigh any upside of "a closed-off private network of people", biggest one being lack of visibility and consistency.

[pavo-etc]

Go use facebook then. This project seems fun.

[BLKNSLVR]

> hinderance for adopting more users

Promotes a smaller, more tightly knit community.

One person's X is another's Y.

[creesch]

> People really want something more reactive like Discord.

Citation needed :) This feels like you are parroting either your own preference or something you have heard other people state as fact.

[SubiculumCode]

I think there is enough space for lots of styles.

[cdelsolar]

Hmm.. I love Discord?

[FranzFerdiNaN]

Ah yes, because real time chatting and a wall to post stuff on like early facebook surely are the exact same hting.