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Jason Citron (born September 21, 1984) is an American-French businessman [1] [2] [3] who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Discord, an instant messaging social platform. [4] He is also founder of OpenFeint , a social platform for mobile games .
Discord is a group-chatting platform originally built for gamers that has since become a general use platform for many kinds of communities.
Discord is a persistent group chat software, based on an eventually consistent database architecture. [88] Discord was originally built on MongoDB . The infrastructure was migrated to Apache Cassandra when the platform reached a billion messages, then later migrated to ScyllaDB when it reached a trillion messages.
Discord's text channels support various forms of markup and embedding, such as showing thumbnails for pictures, syntax highlighting for code fragments, or emojis. Some of these features, such as embedding, can be disabled in the user preferences. A key difference between Discord and IRC is that the former provides a back log of chat.
Sauer, the C3P tipline director, said that the group has seen an increase in reports of luring children that involve Discord, which may be attractive to people looking to exploit children given ...
In August, USPACE Technology Group, a Hong Kong-listed private space tech firm, said it had signed a strategic partnership with EgSA to develop satellite technology at Egypt’s Space City.
Guilded is a main competitor of Discord and primarily focuses on video game communities, such as those focused on competitive gaming and esports. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It provides features intended for video gaming clans , such as scheduling tools and integrated calendars.
On January 17, 2023, Gas was acquired by Discord, however it will remain as a standalone app and the developers of Gas will become Discord staff. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] On October 18, 2023, Discord announced that service for Gas would be permanently ending effective November 7, 2023, due to a steep decline in users.