mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?message-squaremessage-square660fedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down119
arrow-up1429arrow-down1message-squareWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square660fedilink
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·11 months agoThey are actually called guilds. Whoever started calling them servers needs to be cursed to hell.
minus-squarerussjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoInternally they are called guilds, but “publicly” they’re called servers. When you interact with the API you use guilds, but the Discord client itself doesn’t use that term - it only uses “Server” as far as I can see.
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoServer sounds better. Guilds sound dumb.
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·11 months agoBut Discord guilds are not servers.
They are actually called guilds. Whoever started calling them servers needs to be cursed to hell.
Internally they are called guilds, but “publicly” they’re called servers. When you interact with the API you use
guilds, but the Discord client itself doesn’t use that term - it only uses “Server” as far as I can see.Server sounds better. Guilds sound dumb.
But Discord guilds are not servers.