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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software (fortune.com)
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[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Discord has been getting worse and worse for years. They've been letting venture capital it's the business for years, and filed plans for an IPO last month.

This was finally the push needed to get the lovely FOSS communuty motivated to make replacements.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Wasn't it VC-funded from the start?

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, and the amount has also been increasing.