Privacy Debate
05-18-2018, 07:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-18-2018, 07:24 PM by Interovegas.)
Discord offers me convenience on several major fronts.
- Other social groups: I've got other friends who make regular use of discord and I prefer keeping my socializing centralized to fewer lines of communication when possible.
- Dials and options: In discord I can edit the broadcast sound of individuals to turn up quiet people, turn down loud ones, etc. Also adds push to talk and all manner of less critical features that together add up to some pleasant benefits.
- Ease of adding randos: When I want to invite a pub player from a game, or even just a new friend, it's as simple as sending link from the discord server. With Riot the security shenanigans make it worthless to me for communicating with strangers.
- Activity tracker: Seeing what my friends are doing helps me know what to hop on to, or if I shouldn't bother them to join me in whatever I play. Of course on occasion I'll set myself invisible. The option is nice though, and more broadly encompassing than just steam game activity.
I'm down for something like steam in game voice options, they are also convenient to use if we can get them working.
Having already tried Riot a couple times with you guys, I find it more of a hassle to work with. I personally have less care about a group like discord pulling metrics from my usage of their service. As far as I can tell the only thing Riot offers is end to end encryption, and I have no understanding what the value of keeping our communications private is.
- Other social groups: I've got other friends who make regular use of discord and I prefer keeping my socializing centralized to fewer lines of communication when possible.
- Dials and options: In discord I can edit the broadcast sound of individuals to turn up quiet people, turn down loud ones, etc. Also adds push to talk and all manner of less critical features that together add up to some pleasant benefits.
- Ease of adding randos: When I want to invite a pub player from a game, or even just a new friend, it's as simple as sending link from the discord server. With Riot the security shenanigans make it worthless to me for communicating with strangers.
- Activity tracker: Seeing what my friends are doing helps me know what to hop on to, or if I shouldn't bother them to join me in whatever I play. Of course on occasion I'll set myself invisible. The option is nice though, and more broadly encompassing than just steam game activity.
I'm down for something like steam in game voice options, they are also convenient to use if we can get them working.
Having already tried Riot a couple times with you guys, I find it more of a hassle to work with. I personally have less care about a group like discord pulling metrics from my usage of their service. As far as I can tell the only thing Riot offers is end to end encryption, and I have no understanding what the value of keeping our communications private is.
