> No, Discord is a different thing; it does text and voice communication
> channels in real-time. If you're familiar with Slack, it's broadly
> similar in purpose.
Thanks (and to the others who replied).
FYI this multiple responses issue doesn't come up on Discourse because the replies are shown in real-time (as is the "Skip is typing ..." at the bottom).
It seems like they've tried to
make it a game, giving me the "opportunity" to buy boosts (or
whatever). What's up with that?
It's for "funding" a Discord server and how Discord makes money (otherwise the service is free).
Do we really need yet another place
full of overlapping discussion channels?
Discord isn't overlapping with Discourse. Think of Discord as replacing IRC while also providing audio chat (and other things). For instance, people who were working together to squash release blockers for b4 were chatting live on Discord.