i dont even really know what discord is tbh, and im not making another account just to dm people. might as well go back to aim if thats what were doing.
They absolutely broke the hell out of their mobile app and seem to be stubbornly insisting on not rolling back to a functional version despite literally everybody hating the hell out of the update and it crashing constantly.
It had issues before that but now it's unusable on mobile.
No, you can change settings so not everybody will get your number. I used to have my account on a burner # as well, idk if you can do that again as easily.
If you want something that reminds you of Discord in it's younger / better days with most of the features for free (and even better implemented in some cases!), go try Guilded.GG. Or are you super focused on a privacy side for your community?
No no I'm way too terrible at opsec to keep secrets of any import. It's a public community for my puppet show. I just don't want the headache of losing access to an account if I lose this telephone number or to risk getting a bunch of spam calls if it gets leaked.
I see then. I've also read you're worried about needing a phone number to activate 2FA on an account. I believe Guilded only needs an email address and 2FA app for such purpose, in which I recommend 2FAS Auth and then Simplelogin (now by Proton) for email aliases to protect against spam in future.
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It had issues before that but now it's unusable on mobile.
I joke about starting up an IRC server like the old days but I don't actually have the time or energy to manage an IRCD.
Frankly I don't want my social chat accounts to be tied to my phone at all, but everybody requires it for 2FA these days.