Discord is a proprietary instant messaging platform with VoIP, which was developed by “Hammer & Chisel, Inc.” (now “Discord, Inc.”) and publicly released on May 13, 2015.¹⁾ At the time of this writing, it's a really popular chat client, boasting over 10,000,000 active users.²⁾

In the beginning, Discord was introduced to Reddit as a “gamer-oriented” platform,³⁾⁴⁾ during a time where people were growing dissatisfied with Skype under Microsoft.⁵⁾ The execution and timing couldn't be any more perfect as the platform was a rousing success to the general populace, especially after video calls and streaming were quickly rolled out to everyone after a month of testing in 2017.⁶⁾

However, they did have some bumps in the road, like the alt-right⁷⁾⁸⁾ and “pedofur”⁹⁾¹⁰⁾ situations. By 2020, Discord dropped “app” from their name¹¹⁾¹²⁾ and announced that they would shift away from “gaming”,¹³⁾ presumably to increase marketability.¹⁴⁾ There were concerns about Microsoft acquiring Discord,¹⁵⁾¹⁶⁾ but it ended with Discord opting to remain independent.¹⁷⁾¹⁸⁾

The platform does offer a paid subscription service that grants users with extra features, but the differences between “Nitro Basic”, “Nitro Classic”, and “Nitro” are conveyed in a very haphazard manner,¹⁹⁾²⁰⁾ so I have organized the subscription tiers into a more readable chart. If you choose “Nitro Basic” over “Nitro”, pay close attention so it doesn't do a switcheroo and sign you up for the regular “Nitro” package instead.

Following a United Kingdom exclusive test run,²⁵⁾ Discord suddenly revealed that “Nitro Basic” would replace “Nitro Classic” on October 20, 2022.²⁶⁾²⁷⁾ While this new plan is cheaper, it offers significantly less features than the previous plan. All users previously subscribed to “Nitro Classic” were assured their plan and benefits will continue as long as they don't cancel their subscription.²⁸⁾

During the Among Us popularity spike in 2020, Discord announced “social party games”,²⁹⁾ but jumped the gun³⁰⁾³¹⁾ as they wouldn't roll this out to the general public until October 18, 2022.³²⁾ Upon the release of these “activities”, most games could only be initiated by Nitro users,³³⁾ but this restriction was eventually lifted during the social platform's month-long 8th anniversary event around June 15, 2023.³⁴⁾

Occasionally, the embedded link previews can be unreliable on Discord, though the fault could either go to the website being linked or to Discord. For instance, Twitter blocks “Discordbot” in its robots.txt file,³⁵⁾ which prevents the web crawler from grabbing the data needed to generate the preview. As a result, users have begun using workarounds, such as the ones listed below:

Target	Solution(s)		Source code
Furaffinity	fxraffinity.net	fxfuraffinity.com	fxraffinity
Instagram	ddinstagram.com		InstaFix
Pixiv	phixiv.com	ppxiv.com	phixiv
Reddit	vxreddit.com		vxReddit
TikTok	vxtiktok.com		vxtiktok
	tiktxk.com		tiktxk
Twitch	Add ? at the end. If it doesn't work, add more characters after ? until it does.
	fxtwitch.tv		Not known.
Twitter	vxtwitter.com	fixvx.com	BetterTwitFix
	fxtwitter.com	fixupx.com	FixTweet

It should be warned that use of these services technically adds in a middleman between you and the linked website, so keep in mind that what you link may be read by a third-party.³⁶⁾ This is why some users are reluctant to use FixTweet after its original owner complained about forking the project and publicly revealed that content passing through it would be reported,³⁷⁾³⁸⁾ though it has since changed hands.³⁹⁾

• Discord will ask you to verify your account using a phone number if flagged as suspicious.^40)41)42)
• Ban evasion is against the community guidelines and is reportable.⁴³⁾ I wouldn't suggest ban evading since it's really not fun. You have to reinstall the client, deal with reCAPTCHA v2, etc.
• In late 2018, Discord added an arbitration clause to their Terms of Service,⁴⁴⁾⁴⁵⁾ which is meant to prevent users from filing a class-action lawsuits against them.⁴⁶⁾ You can opt-out by sending an email to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within the first 30 days of your account's creation or after the terms went into effect.⁴⁷⁾ If you missed the window, then you're out of luck.
• The official Discord account tweeted out Latinx for National Hispanic Heritage Month twice,⁴⁸⁾⁴⁹⁾ despite heavy criticism against it by Hispanic and Latino Americans every September/October.
• MEE6 SUCKS.

• Discord - The front page of Discord.
  • @discord and @discord_jp on Twitter - Official accounts. Somewhat casual.
• Discord Status - It doesn't immediately update when there's an issue.
  • @isdiscorddown on Twitter - Unofficial account. Same issue as above, sometimes.
• /r/discordapp - The official Reddit community, a mix of complaining and support.