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by rev087 3594 days ago
I'm on the same boat, the only complaint being the lack of history search. And I like Discord so much that I switched our office from Hipchat to Discord, despite it being exclusively marketed towards gamers.

We have been completely happy with the switch, in special the ability to hop into voice chat with remote coworkers with one mouse click.
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b1naryth1ef 3594 days ago
(Discord Dev here) Awesome to hear Discords a good fit for workplace environments too, we've heard a couple success stories around remote teams swapping. Search is a huge priority for us, but its also something we wanna spend time getting right. e.g. soon!
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boundlessdreamz 3593 days ago
I haven't used Discord but if it's better than Slack you are sitting on a huge opportunity. I know your focus is gamers but the market Slack is targeting is huge. Their mobile app is garbage (at least on android). Always 'reconnecting'. Doesn't keep the recent chats offline and has to always fetch it from server. Missing/delayed notifications. Desktop app on OS X is better but it too has 'connection issues'.

It looks like we will be able to use Discord when you add search. Seriously, tell the management to think about it being an alternative to Slack. We are a paying Slack customer and while they are better than hipchat/IRC, it is far from perfect.

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NTripleOne 3593 days ago
I've said it before and I'll say it a thousand times more, a 'business-oriented' rebrand of discord (basically ditch all the gamery shit and allow people to host their own servers on their own hardware) would basically be pure profit.
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jamra 3594 days ago
This is a long shot, but if you could sign a HIPPA waver, I could convince the bureaucrats at my workplace to jump in.
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b1naryth1ef 3594 days ago
Drop me a line (andrei @ discordapp.com) and I'll at least take a look.
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quxbar 3594 days ago
Ditto to this!
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scrollaway 3594 days ago
Remote startup checking in here - we're in the gaming industry and Discord has been a perfect fit for us. We love it.

Our top "wanted" features right now are video chat/screenshare, so that we can drop Hangouts entirely, and search. We wish we could pay you guys. Seriously.

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