Why? Because Discord is not an app that’s aimed at kids. What’s more, many players are discussing “mature” games - think sex, violence and drugs - and these themes will often feature in conversations. Profanity and abusive language are standard on many Discord gaming servers. The app also uses less bandwidth than comparable voice-chat apps, which is another reason for its popularity.īut that functionality also brings dangers for younger users. Connecting with friends is easy - users can simply join an existing gaming server or send an email invitation to start a new one. Users can send direct messages to one other or listen in to larger group chats. The Fortnite server, for example - think of a Discord server as a specialised chatroom - displays hundreds of text and voice channels at once, as well as a member list which numbers into the hundreds of thousands. This allows gamers to confer live, mid-game, and has proved a boon for fans of team-based games like Fortnite Battle Royale, Overwatch and League of Legends. The Discord app - available for PCs, Macs and mobile devices - offers text messaging and voice and video chat. And with 19 million daily users, it’s suddenly surging faster than Uber fares on a rainy Saturday night. Should you be concerned?ĭescribed as “Skype for gamers,” Discord has become the hip way for gamers to chat about - what else? - gaming. If your child is obsessed with Fortnite, chances are good he’s also obsessed with DISCORD.
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