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		asciihacker on Sept 7, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ryver: Why we run negative ads against Slack First and probably last time I ever heard of Ryver. I thought Discord was something like Slack?

Bartweiss on Sept 7, 2016 [–]

Discord is Skype or Teamspeak, plus a bit of Slack.

It's largely targeted at gaming, as a way to put together a chatroom, a group call, and Steam integration fluidly. I could actually see it as a work client, but mostly it's the easiest group-gaming-chat product going.

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