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Discussion on: Should you be using Discord instead of Slack?

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Carly Ho 🌈

I'm on both Discord and Slack a lot—I just use them for really different things. As a professional, I tend to prefer to use Slack because it can be compartmentalized, identity-wise and I can choose an appropriate icon for each space. I can also log out of or turn notifications off of an individual slack workspace if I'm off the clock and want to relax.

Discord I tend to use for personal things, fun projects, or non-work discussion groups; I still have groups where I talk about code, but not in a way connected to my professional work, and where I'm interested in being in most of the channels on a server. If an office used Discord, I think I'd feel weird about it—I think Discord feels like it's more for friends!