@FBW and Fenix: is a phone number really necessary?!?

[Paul K 1,293]

2 hours ago, JYW said:

If when my time comes and I leave this lofty rock, should I be unfortunate enough to go "downstairs", then I imagine diablo himself will point to a PC and a chair, chain me in, and make me use Discord for eternity.

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The only thing that's right about it, is it's name.  

😂😂 Yep !

[Ricardo41 5,936]

6 hours ago, JYW said:

I loathe everything about it; the utterly indescribably awful UI, the fact I have to go to my emails and click a link every time I log in.   The lack of structure in most Discord pages (eg. a "General" page with 30 different conversations about different things going on at once).   The "invite" process, where page owners love to say "come to my discord for support", then you can't find it for love nor money, and discover you need an "Invite" that never seems to arrive........   I could go on, but I'm getting more depressed by the second.

Discord works just fine once you take the time to understand how it works. It's up to the owner of the channel to keep his channel organized. That's on the owner not on Discord. 

[GaryK 201]

5 hours ago, Ricardo41 said:

Discord works just fine once you take the time to understand how it works. It's up to the owner of the channel to keep his channel organized. That's on the owner not on Discord. 

 

Right there you have hit the nail on the head.......We all value our time differently.

Discord requires my phone number??? Tried it several times, disliked it. Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole now.

[jcomm 5,890]

For me Discord is no way to go...

Been there, done that, got out, never back....

If an addon is supposed to get support only through Discord, then I'll skip it.

Presently I can still access Fenix Support without having to use a Discord account, so it's fine with me the way it is, but the day any addon changes to Discord only, it'll be one less in my setup.

[Ricardo41 5,936]

WT doesn't require a phone number to access their servers on Discord. Seems to be working for them......

[Bobsk8 12,546]

On 1/23/2023 at 5:41 AM, cagarini said:

For me Discord is no way to go...

Been there, done that, got out, never back....

If an addon is supposed to get support only through Discord, then I'll skip it.

Presently I can still access Fenix Support without having to use a Discord account, so it's fine with me the way it is, but the day any addon changes to Discord only, it'll be one less in my setup.

The number of add ons using Discord is increasing by the day. 

[jcomm 5,890]

14 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

The number of add ons using Discord is increasing by the day. 

Yep :-/.... I'm 99,90% on Aerowinx PSX standalone now, so, no problem 🙂

[Montenegrus 0]

Well, you may want to reach out to the moderators or administrators of the Discord channel you're trying to join.

[kumarhimanshu 0]

I totally get your frustration with having to give out your phone number for verification. It's definitely a privacy concern for a lot of people.