You can search for things that've been said on Discord, albeit not with Google.
Spectrum looks similar to a 2011 text message client, and a niche platform is less welcoming than something that a good portion of people already have an account on.
Spectrum looks similar to a 2011 text message client, and a niche platform is less welcoming than something that a good portion of people already have an account on.
This just isn't true. Compare [1] to [2]. Nor does it look like VB, phpBB, etc. from 2011.
[1] https://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/08/30/the-top-6-best-instan...
[2] https://spectrum.chat/sketch?thread=5ee6de28-e347-4c0f-950d-...
> .. a good portion of people already have an account on.
Ah yes, my N accounts for N communities on Slack.
OK, they are flat bubbles now rather than shiny blobby ones, but it's the "bubble for everything someone says" that makes it look dated.
I hated the "bubbles" look back then and always used themes that just presented text as text, with possible unobtrusive delimiters between people's comments. Like Slack and Discord do.
im not concerned with the looks. and this niche argument is pretty weak, every platform incl discord starts somewhere.