I use those for gaming, and they are pretty fun. Do those platforms suck these days? This is a question cause gaming has fallen over last year. Many say discord is better for gaming and they usually have different sections where you can chat in. Skype has only one group that you can chat in, and all the stuff (such as photos) will have to be accessed in there.
if you guys use any. fell free to add me
skype: deathnote1261
discord: Tolbs#2947
AFAIK, Skype has been effectively dead for several years, at least when it comes to gaming. The last time I used Skype was probably about five or six years ago now.
Discord is still very relevant, although I don't use it super often right now. I prefer using forums like this one where I can actually keep track of what's going on as opposed to chatrooms.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on March 18, 2021, 06:55:02 PM
AFAIK, Skype has been effectively dead for several years, at least when it comes to gaming. The last time I used Skype was probably about five or six years ago now.
Discord is still very relevant, although I don't use it super often right now. I prefer using forums like this one where I can actually keep track of what's going on as opposed to chatrooms.
flash games have died.
I never used skype before, and from what it seems, it's pretty much dead as I've seen no one use it as a video chat program during covid (it's mostly zoom, google meet, discord and microsoft teams),
I have a discord, and am pretty active on it.
I ditched Skype the moment my friend group at school discovered discord. I cannot count the times I couldn't join the Skype chat due to errors that were not present in discord.
An unofficial AAROADS discord exists, but has *never* been used since it was created in 2017.
SM-G965U
Quote from: SkyPesos on March 18, 2021, 07:01:53 PM
I never used skype before, and from what it seems, it's pretty much dead as I've seen no one use it as a video chat program during covid (it's mostly zoom, google meet, discord and microsoft teams),
I have a discord, and am pretty active on it.
my discord is Tolbs#2947 I use it sometimes but not all the time.
Quote from: ozarkman417 on March 18, 2021, 07:35:14 PM
I ditched Skype the moment my friend group at school discovered discord. I cannot count the times I couldn't join the Skype chat due to errors that were not present in discord.
An unofficial AAROADS discord exists, but has *never* been used since it was created in 2017.
SM-G965U
Add me to the chat if you can. I wanna check it out
Quote from: ozarkman417 on March 18, 2021, 07:35:14 PM
I ditched Skype the moment my friend group at school discovered discord. I cannot count the times I couldn't join the Skype chat due to errors that were not present in discord.
An unofficial AAROADS discord exists, but has *never* been used since it was created in 2017.
SM-G965U
Add me to the chat if you can. I wanna check it out
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I can't. I recently left most of the discord servers I was in, including that one. Why? There is
nothing to see there. Also, sending a message there for the first time in four years isn't a good idea.
Discord is def more relevant than Skype these days. I would have imagined Skype would have gotten a boost with working from home and virtual calls but it seems like they were left in the dust behind all the other video call programs
I use discord now. My user is stormwatch7721#5052
I don't use Discord. I'm very surprised Skype didn't take advantage of the pandemic.
Quote from: Takumi on March 19, 2021, 11:05:17 PM
I don't use Discord. I'm very surprised Skype didn't take advantage of the pandemic.
in summer 2020 it was very active.
Quote from: Takumi on March 19, 2021, 11:05:17 PM
I don't use Discord. I'm very surprised Skype didn't take advantage of the pandemic.
Skype hasn't taken advantage of 40 years of software design best practices, what makes you think they'd take advantage of a pandemic?
From what I see, Skype has been declining since the microsoft acquisition.. and Discord seems to be doing fine, and in fact I'd say that it has increased in popularity recently. But Skype isn't completely in the dumpster, it had a spike in users due to covid.
Skype is so bad, AIM would have been better had it stayed around. I prefer Telegram for instant messaging.
Quote from: ozarkman417 on March 18, 2021, 07:35:14 PM
An unofficial AAROADS discord exists, but has *never* been used since it was created in 2017.
Any chance we can bring this back to life? If there's a way to add me, too, I'm SpazzyWeasel#3056 on Discord.
It appears that for the short two and a half weeks I left the server, someone finally posted on it.
For those interested, here is the link from the original discord thread in 2017:
Quote from: TheArkansasRoadgeek on September 21, 2017, 01:32:36 PM
https://discord.gg/bNcuVFp
It would not be a bad idea to go to your profile -> change nickname -> change it to your forum username, or put it alongside your existing discord name.
Quote from: ozarkman417 on March 24, 2021, 05:55:40 PM
It appears that for the short two and a half weeks I left the server, someone finally posted on it.
For those interested, here is the link from the original discord thread in 2017:
Quote from: TheArkansasRoadgeek on September 21, 2017, 01:32:36 PM
https://discord.gg/bNcuVFp
It would not be a bad idea to go to your profile -> change nickname -> change it to your forum username, or put it alongside your existing discord name.
Too inactive.
Who even owns this 2017 server?
Quote from: JoePCool14 on March 24, 2021, 11:12:59 PM
Who even owns this 2017 server?
I assume one of the mods/admins do?
By the way, Skype and Discord have free-for-all discussions about anything you wanna talk about.
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 27, 2021, 09:44:23 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on March 24, 2021, 11:12:59 PM
Who even owns this 2017 server?
I assume one of the mods/admins do?
No, they do not. JoePCool14 asked the question again in the discord server, so I answered it there instead.
Forum user TheArkansasRoadgeek is the owner/creator/admin of the discord server. It is not even an official server.
I joined the AAroads discord
What is the point of an AA Roads forum discord server when the forum is more or less covering its function?
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2021, 08:36:02 AM
What is the point of an AA Roads forum discord server when the forum is more or less covering its function?
For more casual discussion that wouldn't fit well on the forum.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 28, 2021, 01:18:37 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2021, 08:36:02 AM
What is the point of an AA Roads forum discord server when the forum is more or less covering its function?
For more casual discussion that wouldn't fit well on the forum.
I guess they discuss c0v1d, Mary Hannah, DST, and forum posting statistics there. :-D :-D :-D
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 28, 2021, 01:18:37 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2021, 08:36:02 AM
What is the point of an AA Roads forum discord server when the forum is more or less covering its function?
For more casual discussion that wouldn't fit well on the forum.
Yeah that makes sense, but there's clearly not enough interest in this community for that. And as I have said before, as for me, I prefer forum discussion since I can keep track of what's going on and actually respond to older comments.
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2021, 08:36:02 AM
What is the point of an AA Roads forum discord server when the forum is more or less covering its function?
makes it so tolbs and Roadgeekteen can talk back and forth without derailing threads
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 28, 2021, 07:22:39 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on July 28, 2021, 08:36:02 AM
What is the point of an AA Roads forum discord server when the forum is more or less covering its function?
makes it so tolbs and Roadgeekteen can talk back and forth without derailing threads
We follow each other on Instagram so we talk there.
Discord I know this venue gets hyped up as "The Next Facebook", "The Next Myspace" or "the Next Twitter."
Quote from: bing101 on July 29, 2021, 12:01:34 AM
Discord I know this venue gets hyped up as "The Next Facebook", "The Next Myspace" or "the Next Twitter."
Discord is totally different than those other 3.
Discord is the new IRC.
If anyone wants to join a Discord server that I might make then post here, I'll make it and we can talk about anything. Road related or not. Thanks
-Tolbs
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 06:55:28 PM
If anyone wants to join a Discord server that I might make then post here, I'll make it and we can talk about anything. Road related or not. Thanks
-Tolbs
We already have an AARoads Discord server, but thanks!
Quote from: Ned Weasel on March 21, 2022, 08:50:42 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 06:55:28 PM
If anyone wants to join a Discord server that I might make then post here, I'll make it and we can talk about anything. Road related or not. Thanks
-Tolbs
We already have an AARoads Discord server, but thanks!
Wherever it is and it appears dead by now
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:27:51 PM
Quote from: Ned Weasel on March 21, 2022, 08:50:42 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 06:55:28 PM
If anyone wants to join a Discord server that I might make then post here, I'll make it and we can talk about anything. Road related or not. Thanks
-Tolbs
We already have an AARoads Discord server, but thanks!
Wherever it is and it appears dead by now
Nah. It's still there.
Quote from: Rothman on March 21, 2022, 09:28:59 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:27:51 PM
Quote from: Ned Weasel on March 21, 2022, 08:50:42 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 06:55:28 PM
If anyone wants to join a Discord server that I might make then post here, I'll make it and we can talk about anything. Road related or not. Thanks
-Tolbs
We already have an AARoads Discord server, but thanks!
Wherever it is and it appears dead by now
Nah. It's still there.
link?
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:29:22 PM
link?
It's in this thread. Here, I went back to Page 1 for you:
Quote from: ozarkman417 on March 24, 2021, 05:55:40 PM
It appears that for the short two and a half weeks I left the server, someone finally posted on it.
For those interested, here is the link from the original discord thread in 2017:
Quote from: TheArkansasRoadgeek on September 21, 2017, 01:32:36 PM
https://discord.gg/bNcuVFp
It would not be a bad idea to go to your profile -> change nickname -> change it to your forum username, or put it alongside your existing discord name.
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:29:22 PM
Quote from: Rothman on March 21, 2022, 09:28:59 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:27:51 PM
Quote from: Ned Weasel on March 21, 2022, 08:50:42 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 06:55:28 PM
If anyone wants to join a Discord server that I might make then post here, I'll make it and we can talk about anything. Road related or not. Thanks
-Tolbs
We already have an AARoads Discord server, but thanks!
Wherever it is and it appears dead by now
Nah. It's still there.
link?
Looks like you are already in the server...
Quote from: ozarkman417 on March 21, 2022, 09:38:05 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:29:22 PM
Quote from: Rothman on March 21, 2022, 09:28:59 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:27:51 PM
Quote from: Ned Weasel on March 21, 2022, 08:50:42 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 06:55:28 PM
If anyone wants to join a Discord server that I might make then post here, I'll make it and we can talk about anything. Road related or not. Thanks
-Tolbs
We already have an AARoads Discord server, but thanks!
Wherever it is and it appears dead by now
Nah. It's still there.
link?
Looks like you are already in the server...
I thought I left it?
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:39:58 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on March 21, 2022, 09:38:05 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:29:22 PM
Quote from: Rothman on March 21, 2022, 09:28:59 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:27:51 PM
Quote from: Ned Weasel on March 21, 2022, 08:50:42 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 06:55:28 PM
If anyone wants to join a Discord server that I might make then post here, I'll make it and we can talk about anything. Road related or not. Thanks
-Tolbs
We already have an AARoads Discord server, but thanks!
Wherever it is and it appears dead by now
Nah. It's still there.
link?
Looks like you are already in the server...
I thought I left it?
Maybe? The OP states you are Tolbs#2947, yet there's a Tolbs#6786 in the discord.
Quote from: ozarkman417 on March 21, 2022, 09:46:17 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:39:58 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on March 21, 2022, 09:38:05 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:29:22 PM
Quote from: Rothman on March 21, 2022, 09:28:59 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 09:27:51 PM
Quote from: Ned Weasel on March 21, 2022, 08:50:42 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on March 21, 2022, 06:55:28 PM
If anyone wants to join a Discord server that I might make then post here, I'll make it and we can talk about anything. Road related or not. Thanks
-Tolbs
We already have an AARoads Discord server, but thanks!
Wherever it is and it appears dead by now
Nah. It's still there.
link?
Looks like you are already in the server...
I thought I left it?
Maybe? The OP states you are Tolbs#2947, yet there's a Tolbs#6786 in the discord.
Yeah, different account. Not my main. So idk where the link to join it is?
Yet another &$#% thread by Tolbs...