Initially apprehensive about the phone number. Then verified with the phone number and the world didn't blow up. I know some of you have concerns about privacy but its a process to eliminate riff raff and it works. 

There hasn't been a security breach and I'm sure a good portion of you have been the victim of some security breach in your lifetime that you may or may not be aware of. 

As usual the option is yours but frankly i really don't see what all the fuss is about regarding verifying your identity one time with your phone in order to ensure your interacting with the people you want to interact with and have a reduced risk of dealing with troublemakers.

We are in a new era, with different communication formats. You don't have to partake obviously but if one format has its requirements one just has to comply or decline. 

I find that assistance is pretty much instantaneous. I ask a direct question politely .. get my direct answer from one of the mods thank them and move on.  To me it actually works better than the forums.

Just my personal opinion. Don't mean to offend anyone.

 

2 minutes ago, Maxis said:

As usual the option is yours but frankly i really don't see what all the fuss is about regarding verifying your identity one time with your phone in order to ensure your interacting with the people you want to interact with and have a reduced risk of dealing with troublemakers.

I understand the reason for this verification but my problem is that my phone number is a secret number for a reason I can't really talk about here. But believe me, it is a valid reason. Having said that: I was already thinking about getting a cheap prepaid phone (or sim card only) which I then can use for this purpose alone. I do like the FBW Airbus and look forward to the Fenix one and I do like being able to get in touch with everyone involved. I don't mind spending 5 bucks or so on that. I suppose this is the easiest solution for my 'problem'. (Which doesn't mean I am expecting to actually like Discord. 😉 )

Out of curiosity: the phone number verification is a one step thing? Or is it possible you are asked for yet another verification at random times?

2 minutes ago, tup61 said:

Out of curiosity: the phone number verification is a one step thing? Or is it possible you are asked for yet another verification at random times?

It forms part of 2FA, like many other platforms and websites if you sign in from a new device or location they could SMS you a code to check it really is you.

Edited January 10, 20224 yr by ckyliu

3 minutes ago, tup61 said:

I understand the reason for this verification but my problem is that my phone number is a secret number for a reason I can't really talk about here. But believe me, it is a valid reason. Having said that: I was already thinking about getting a cheap prepaid phone (or sim card only) which I then can use for this purpose alone. I do like the FBW Airbus and look forward to the Fenix one and I do like being able to get in touch with everyone involved. I don't mind spending 5 bucks or so on that. I suppose this is the easiest solution for my 'problem'. (Which doesn't mean I am expecting to actually like Discord. 😉 )

Out of curiosity: the phone number verification is a one step thing? Or is it possible you are asked for yet another verification at random times?

I do not recall ever being asked for anything else after the initial phone verification. (Apart from your pre set password of course) But that is my experience and i use the same devices to log in. (web version)

Edited January 10, 20224 yr by Maxis

1 hour ago, ckyliu said:

The appeal of Discord is the instantaneousness of it, and direct line to developers. People have become impatient and don't want to wait hours for a response. It's a much more chat/conversational style of discourse, and that can be handy for internal development uses. Then of course you have voice chat and screen sharing too.

Hours, how about days or weeks. I can think of posting on forums not receiving an answer from developers for weeks , or maybe never. 

Phone number? Sorry but no. Already I don't like this Discord and this new sort of "fashion" to try to attract people there for each single little reason.
 

59 minutes ago, Maxis said:

Initially apprehensive about the phone number. Then verified with the phone number and the world didn't blow up. I know some of you have concerns about privacy but its a process to eliminate riff raff and it works. 

 

Why is there no riff raff on the WT and REX servers? Neither require a phone number for verification.

26 minutes ago, Ricardo41 said:

Why is there no riff raff on the WT and REX servers? Neither require a phone number for verification.

The ~53k users are probably part of it.

Discord annoys me because it seems to be the only app that won’t allow me to flag a device as safe and therefore it will ask for my two factor authentication repeatedly.  I mean other things annoy me about discord (like the lack of thread structure to make finding things easier) but from a security standpoint I find it irritating.

4 hours ago, MSFLYER5856 said:

Discord to me is like phone lines in a Favela to a lineman

I’ve always tried to describe how horrible I found discord to be and this is by far the perfect way to describe it, nail hit right on the head perfectly!

I thought I was the only oldie (well, not that old, I'm just 37.00) that didn't like the lack of structure in Discord. I could bear that (and abuse the Search function). I've been using Discord as voice channel when playing Age of Empires with some friends (3, max. 5). But giving my phone number to Discord so that I can ask a question that will be buried under a ton of posts by a zillion users? No thanks. I'll let that slide for FBW since they are freeware and they are doing the stunning work they do for practically nothing (BTW, FBW guys, thanks for your lovely 'bus!).

But I hope Fenix does not go that route for support or user-to-user forums 🙏

1 hour ago, regis9 said:

Discord annoys me because it seems to be the only app that won’t allow me to flag a device as safe and therefore it will ask for my two factor authentication repeatedly.  I mean other things annoy me about discord (like the lack of thread structure to make finding things easier) but from a security standpoint I find it irritating.

You can open Threads/conversations within a channel and they will break out and even be seen as effectively Sub Channels..

Servers are very able to generate numerous categories and channels to have similar topics and structures like a forum....  You can also create user Roles so that you can control certain aspects that can become Read Only channels to those that you don't want posting...  You can setup up very intelligent "bots" so that when the same question is asked or the same phrase is used ... the bot will instantly respond ...

Discord has Search .. but yup like everywhere else this "younger" generation seems to have lost the nuance of "typing the question" into the Search field first...  just like they don't search google first ... digressing .. Search works pretty well actually.

Also .. sorry for all those that love this Avsim forum ... but ..  you can post images / screen captures / videos with the discussion and not have to upload to another location/service on the internet and then Link it here....

For those that do the helping.. it also works better as you are well aware.. most people when having an issue ... the first response is most of the time filled with a Bunch of questions to help ascertain what the issue is since with Flight sim it's not always straight forward and people tend to not do their best of the rip to include all the relevant info...

The reason you see so many moving to discord. ... is because it does work better than being here.....

1 minute ago, LesOReilly said:

The reason you see so many moving to discord. ... is because it does work better than being here.....

Bingo! - and I'm 69, so it's definitely not an age thing 😉

 

4 minutes ago, SierraDelta said:

Bingo! - and I'm 69, so it's definitely not an age thing 😉

 

And I am 81 and can figure it out. 

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

And I am 81 and can figure it out. 

Out of curiosity, why does age matter?