Discord
Voice, video and text communities.
Discord is a communications platform for text, voice, and video chat, built to let people talk with friends while gaming together and to form communities around shared interests. It supports group conversations that can continue before, during, and after a game session, with members able to join voice or text chats without a formal call or invite.
Core features include always-on voice channels, direct and group messaging, video calls, screen sharing, and low-latency streaming. Users can customize profiles with avatars, custom statuses, emoji, stickers, and a Soundboard for playing sound clips during calls. Activities provide built-in games and other in-chat experiences, while the App Launcher makes them available across Discord. Rich Presence and the Social SDK let game developers show what players are doing in-game and link Discord and game accounts; Discord also powers in-game text and voice chat for supported titles. The platform runs on PC, mobile, and console, with an in-game overlay for PC and account linking for PlayStation.
Discord is aimed at gamers, open-source projects, and online communities that need persistent group communication. The service is free to use, with an optional Nitro subscription that adds perks such as using a server's custom emoji anywhere and animated avatars. Server Boosting lets members contribute to unlock additional perks for a community.
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