Discord For Dummies

Chapter 3

Straight Talk

IN THIS CHAPTER

Formatting text in your messages

Details in sharing media

Assigning roles in your community

Private messages

We’re starting to put together a place for your community. We have our Discord all set up, channels established for discussions, and avenues where the invitation is accessible to all. These are the first steps in putting together a server.

The tricky thing about the Internet, though, is how we talk to one another; and the Internet does not make that easy. When you are online, be it with email or with social media, it is tricky to get intention and inflection right. For some platforms, you have a choice of either upper-and-lowercase and ALL CAPS which really doesn’t go far because AFTER ONLY A FEW ALL CAPS YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY WE ARE YELLLNG??? LIKE WE’RE AT THAT PARTY IN COLLEGE WHERE THE DJ IS DROPPING A BEAT THAT YOU CAN FEEL IN YOUR SHOES AND YOU’RE LEANING INTO A FRIEND’S EAR AND SHOUTING, HOPING THEY HEAR YOU! GOOD TIMES, AM I RIGHT???

Discord offers a lot of different ways to communicate with one another, ranging from simple formatting ...