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modernpacifistyesterday at 11:23 PM1 replyview on HN

In reality, we are likely about to get yet another data point on where the lines for the average person really lie in the dimensions of functionality, friction, network effect and privacy.

There are those that will stay on Discord because the benefits of the first three outweigh the degradation of privacy. Then there are those that will leave because the first three aren't important enough to outweigh the privacy loss. There will be all sorts of people in between.

HN has a rather amplified showing of folks who won't trust anything unless it's completely decentralized using E2EE clients verifiably compiled from source that they'be personally audited running on hardware made from self-mined rare metals. The reality is that there is a spectrum of folks out there all with different preferences and while some folks will leave (in this case) Discord, others will remain because thats where the folks they want to chat/game/voice with.


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int32_64yesterday at 11:36 PM

The imprecision of this mandatory KYC tech will shatter network effects and cause entire groups to switch apps.

Back when I played games one friend in our group was banned from LoL arbitrarily so the whole group switched to Dota 2.