Holla Forums Discord
It didn't for me, I just type in the name I wanted to use. If you download discord then you might have to do that.
The problem is that most of Holla Forums knows nothing of security culture.
dont use this. it doesnt respect your freedom. If you want to chat, use an irc client like xchat. If you want to use voip, use mumble. If you want a bit of both, use tox.
I understand the privacy issues, however sadly unless you just go completely off the grid, the government and corporations will always be able to track you. Security isn't black or white, I like to think of it as more of a spectrum. It really depends on where you draw the line between Security and Convenience. Chances are if you're using Windows, Mac OS, or Ubuntu, you'll probably be no worse off using Discord. I respect the opinions of those who don't want to use Discord, and I can understand why. However, for the rest of Holla Forums, this is simply a casual place for chatting, voicing, shitposting, and everything in between.
There's absolutely no reason to use your piece of shit malware when much better free alternatives exist. I hope nobody on Holla Forums falls for your honeypot.
Check out Jitsi.
I understand the want for privacy, and I'm sure people would jump on an opensource alternative if one were to present itself, but so far all the ones available have shown themselves to be lacking in one way or another. I'd like to understand though where you get the idea that just because software is proprietary automatically makes it a honeypot. Discord is in alpha and being worked on by a small startup, opensourcing their software at this point would be determental to its development. I'm not really worried about such an entity knowing about my political leanings. If you are then be covert about how you sign up for it, or simply don't use it. I think it's also naive to assume that just because you are using OSS means that it's necessarily more secure. Besides that, I question how much security we really need for some voicechat and dank meming. People post on Facebook about being Third Worldist and Nazis, yet I don't hear about the government kicking down their doors or people losing their jobs (unless you have the tact of a monkey).
tell me how discord is better than irc, tox, or mumble. Go ahead, I'm waiting.
Persistant chat, multiple rooms, integrated VoIP & text in the same program, persistant configuration across devices, ability to see and message server regulars. Honestly if mumble's text chat had the same features as discord's and didn't autojoin you to a voice channel upon entering the server, I'd say fuck yeah mumble >>>>> discord any day of the week. Tox is better in this regard, and is getting close to being usable, but group chats are still janky and the lack of persistance is annoying and shuts out those who can't be online 24/7. IRC + Mumble has been working fine for the most part, but to say that Discord doesn't improve on these is rather dogmatic imo.
What about Jitsi Meet or any fucking XMPP server?