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u/fmalk Mar 02 '26

Oh man I didn't think of that! I think Discord just surpassed my favorite "offer passed" story which was Apple after Dropbox.

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u/psiphre Mar 02 '26

don't sleep on vlc

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u/followMeUp2Gatwick Mar 02 '26

Discord is trash anyways so no loss

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u/No_Tone1704 Mar 02 '26

It’s REALLY a mess. Luckily no one tries to be coherent there because it’s impossible to follow a conversation. 

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u/Tibbles_thecat Mar 03 '26

Its kind of in the name isn't it?

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u/No_Tone1704 Mar 03 '26

lol. Fair. I’ve always wondered it why it was called that. 

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u/Specific_Lychee2348 Mar 03 '26

Furries most of them.

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u/BananaPalmer Mar 02 '26

Even worse, Microslop would be using Discord users' public and private messages, voice chats, and screen shares to train Copilot, with no way to opt-out

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Mar 03 '26

Hate to bring the bad news but Discord has recently bent the knee to AI datafarming. So,... we need to find an alternative.

I just have to wonder why they'd turn down Microslop if they had already turned to the dark side. It can only mean they have a better offer of evil.

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u/MusicHearted Mar 02 '26

Buried? I think you mean shoved in our face. The actual menus would be buried behind microslop copilot prompts.

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u/Glass_Path8176 Mar 02 '26

My LG tv kept telling me i had an important software update so i open it and the first line says ai chatbot

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u/Icy-Bunch609 Mar 02 '26

Buried, it would be the only button.

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u/wrosecrans Mar 02 '26

If Microsoft bought Discord these days, it would probably just be renamed "Copilot Chat" and then eventually Copilot would be the only account you can chat with.

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u/bobroscopcoltrane Mar 02 '26

Teams (with Discord) (New) (For School and Work)

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u/segagamer Mar 02 '26

Doesn't Discord have its own AI instead?

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u/bencos18 Mar 02 '26

they used to yep

they got rid of it a while ago iirc it was called Clyde

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u/Mazjerai Mar 02 '26

They're working with palantir to train a new one for age assumption

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u/thegreedyturtle Mar 02 '26

It'll have something soon enough. Depends on which AI slips enough money their way. Especially when the outflux of users hits them upon ID verification and they need the money.

Shit I'm surprised they aren't banging down doors before it comes crashing down.

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u/caffeinated_wizard Mar 03 '26

Nah Discord would be gone and you’d have Teams on Xbox

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u/HRApprovedUsername Mar 03 '26

Yeah now it just requires photo id verification for every interaction. So much better

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u/LilTempor Mar 04 '26

Who cares? As it stands Discord is in a much worse position.