mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareNoGodsNoMasters [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoWhile that is true, that’s also not what people mean when they say ‘servers’ in this context. No of course they’re not actual servers, but that’s what they’re called and I don’t think anyone is under the impression they’re actually servers
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThey are actually called guilds. Whoever started calling them servers needs to be cursed to hell.
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoServer sounds better. Guilds sound dumb.
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoBut Discord guilds are not servers.
While that is true, that’s also not what people mean when they say ‘servers’ in this context. No of course they’re not actual servers, but that’s what they’re called and I don’t think anyone is under the impression they’re actually servers
They are actually called guilds. Whoever started calling them servers needs to be cursed to hell.
Server sounds better. Guilds sound dumb.
But Discord guilds are not servers.