Fair enough it was a couple of years ago when I last evaluated it.
But in our case the server would be public, so yes anyone can raid it because there are no barriers for entry. Not saying this is not possible with Slack but it never happened and I have been part of multiple discord communities where it did happen.
Due to our community being public email addresses are exposed, at least last time I checked I could easily get a list of all the emails from registered users. This is in theory also possible with Slack but not as easily automated. Maybe discord improved this since.
The permission system is extensive but also complex - I have no time to learn the system and configure it correctly.
Discord is great for streamers and gaming communities - IMO it’s not a good fit for companies to build their communities on.
Of course everyone has different priorities. What might be right for us, might not be for your case.
I still stand by my comment that the Discord business model is shady - how can you provide voice chat, CDN for files, and everything else for free?
I don’t think that their premium services can pay for that.
Voice chat is fairly easy, it's not actually a huge use of bandwidth (in principle it can be basically none and peer-to-peer but that has privacy implications and discord now routes it all through a proxy). The CDN is probably the largest cost, and they have made moves towards cracking down on using it as an image host. But they do have a good income from selling Nitro features, much as many people don't see any value in them. They aren't quite profitable yet, but they're far from burning cash either.
But in our case the server would be public, so yes anyone can raid it because there are no barriers for entry. Not saying this is not possible with Slack but it never happened and I have been part of multiple discord communities where it did happen.
Due to our community being public email addresses are exposed, at least last time I checked I could easily get a list of all the emails from registered users. This is in theory also possible with Slack but not as easily automated. Maybe discord improved this since.
The permission system is extensive but also complex - I have no time to learn the system and configure it correctly.
Discord is great for streamers and gaming communities - IMO it’s not a good fit for companies to build their communities on.
Of course everyone has different priorities. What might be right for us, might not be for your case.
I still stand by my comment that the Discord business model is shady - how can you provide voice chat, CDN for files, and everything else for free? I don’t think that their premium services can pay for that.