Re: freenode wiped all nicks and channels without warning!?
- Posted by ghaberek (admin) Jun 16, 2021
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Definition of "discord" : Lack of concord, agreement or harmony; Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension, An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance; Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
I'm sorry Kat, I didn't name the darn thing. A lot of product names are punny and ironic.
There were pages of log ins and captchas and then a "Need an account? Register". There wasn't anything about what i was getting myself into. No mention of irc.
Welcome to the Internet in 2021.
What is it?
A free-to-use hosted text and voice chat platform. It's more like Slack than IRC. Their website does a pretty good job of describing what it is and is not: https://discord.com/why-discord-is-different
"Based on the information you provided, we can't create an account for you right now."
It looks like it worked? Shows you signed in at 5:33 PM EDT.
-Greg