mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?message-square756fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down119
arrow-up1431arrow-down1message-squareWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square756fedilink
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·1 year agoThey are actually called guilds. Whoever started calling them servers needs to be cursed to hell.
minus-squarerussjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoServer sounds better. Guilds sound dumb.
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·1 year 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.