>>21225
Having the functionality of an image board plus skype is a great thing though. At least from how I use it with friends.
>drop-in drop-out voice chat
>easy streaming/screen sharing
>shitposting memes to each other
>basic text chat function
>multiple rooms/channels to keep things organized
Discord also has qol stuff like replying to specific messages so conversations don't get disorganized like in IRC. And reactions to messages are useful, we basically just give a thumbs up to indicate "I saw your message but I won't clutter up the chat with another post."
And the noise cancelation/input output levels are easily adjustable within the client, where others are often limited so you have to dig into device settings which isn't intuitive, especially for less technically savvy users.
All the other shit like bots, nitro, and whatever the fuck boosting is can eat shit. And fuck every retard that tries to use discord to replace forums.
Functionally I see little wrong with Discord for my uses, but its status as a data harvesting machine is AIDS and the moment I find something that fits the above criteria for chilling/shitposting among freinds, I'm jumping ship.
I checked out matrix a while ago, but the immediate problem of needing to call someone to start a voice chat would kill it if I tried to get others on board.