Discord For Dummies

Chapter 1

The Lowdown on Discord

IN THIS CHAPTER

Finding out what Discord is

Creating a Discord account

Understanding the Discord landscape

When social media offers up a new platform, it fills me both with excitement and dread. I love learning something new. Any opportunity to teach myself something to add to my arsenal of life hacks, daily routines, and day-to-day productivity, I look at as a good thing, in social media especially. I’ve always been a believer that social media is a fantastic tool of communication. With so many ways to get your message out, its possibilities are endless. A new platform means new options other platforms may not offer or possible replacements for routines that once worked wonders for you but seem to be losing their efficiency. Additionally, if the platform becomes a sensation, you become something of a founder in its community, a trustworthy voice on how the new communications avenue works. Awesome!

But here is where the dread settles in with me. When I hear about something new, whether new to social media or new to me, my first thought is always the same: Great. One more platform to add to the stockpile. See, the downside of learning something new ...