Hiraghm the voice is separate from the chat you have to joice a voice changed on discord to hear anything. If you dont want to voice on discord one can still use the written portion only.
On Thursday, September 17, 2020, Hiraghm <[email protected]> wrote: > THIS here is why I'm concerned about joining to a venue that brags about > censorship. This message right here. And it has nothing to do with > "politics". It has to do with being able to choose my words for myself to > describe what I want to say... *on topic* without constantly sweating about > keeping those with power happy. > > No, it wasn't okay to bring up that specific concern about Discord, > because that specific concern made it political. An assertion that Discord > censors would have been enough. And I'm so tired of people assuming their > particular pet opinions are popular, and for that reason are therefore > factual; regardless of the topic. Such as an argument to which I was > exposed awhile back over systemd. > > Another concern I have with Discord is an assertion someone else made: > "I would be happy to use IRC if we could get a 3k wide audio stream out of > it - That would be an interesting client to write......" > > Audio chat? No thank you. the lack of 3k wide audio stream is a point in > IRC's favor in my opinion. Audio chat seems almost contrary to a "retro" > mindset, to begin with. I've been irritated more than many times by players > of MMOs (such as EverQuest and WoW) requiring Discord participation to join > on raids et al. IMO it absolutely destroys immersion. > > Aside from the fact that I don't want to hear people's voices, while I'm > in chat I do other things. Right now I'm on and IRC channel dedicated to > the pinephone; I'm also typing this email and listening to Cinemasins sin > "Chicken Little". Later I may have some music on while I work on several > other things... while in IRC. I don't need to hear voices while I multitask. > > > Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:31:10 -0700 > From: "John R. Hogerhuis"<[email protected]> > To:[email protected] > Subject: [M100] No politics, no kiddin' > Message-ID: > <CACutKUgvYR_dJt8N3vAn1D2jWUik_NjCXmSP+B=cdoSLyH2SjQ@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > OK gentle warning all, > > No political discussion on the list. > > Mentioning the concern about white supremacists and Discord was fine if it > ended there. > > This is not complicated, and I won't ask again before I start flipping > moderation bits on folks. > > -- John. > >
