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The video delves into various recent updates and issues concerning Discord. Users expressed significant dissatisfaction with a new mobile update, resulting in negative feedback and harassment. Additionally, rumors of Discord banning modified or outdated client users were debunked by employees. Another point addressed is Discord's ongoing policy against misgendering and deadnaming, although it's not a new development. On a more positive note, Discord is previewing a new notification system with three customizable presets: "Everything," "Essentials," and "Nothing." The speaker advises caution as the system is still in testing. Furthermore, they cover new emoji updates and speculate on potential changes while highlighting several new festive features, including winter-themed ringtones and humorous Avatars from the Monsters collection. Users can now send profile effects and Avatar decorations as gifts. Discord has introduced friend invite links on mobile and offers three months of YouTube Premium to certain users. Lastly, efforts are underway to add Latin American Spanish as a language option on the platform.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses a series of issues and updates related to Discord. Users are extremely unhappy with a recent mobile update, leading to harassment in the comments and tanked reviews on the Play Store. Rumors and fake emails have been circulating, claiming that Discord will ban accounts using modified or outdated clients; however, these emails have been confirmed as fake by an actual Discord employee. Additionally, there’s mention of Discord banning misgendering and deadnaming transgender people, although this policy change is not recent news. Lastly, Discord has been working on a new, non-controversial experiment involving notification changes.
00:03:00
In this part of the video, the creator discusses Discord’s new notification system, which is currently in a preview phase. It features three presets: “Everything,” “Essentials,” and “Nothing,” allowing users to tailor their notifications. They show high-resolution screenshots of these presets and explain how each works— “Everything” sends notifications for all messages, “Essentials” for frequently visited channels or mentions, and “Nothing” for mentions only, with no push notifications. The creator advises caution as this feature is not yet fully ready and could cause issues. Additionally, they showcase new emoji updates and speculate on potential replacements of current emojis, expressing mixed feelings about some changes, particularly the salute emoji. They note that the traditional Snowsgiving event might not happen this year.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses several new festive features introduced by Discord. They mention the return of the winter ringtone and highlight a humorous Avatar decoration of a monster, which is part of Discord’s Monsters collection. Although these decorations were leaked six months ago, new profile effects like guilla, heartzilla, and monster Pop are now available. Users can now send profile effects and Avatar decorations as gifts, with each priced at $4. The speaker also introduces Discord’s friend invite links, which are now accessible via the mobile app. Additionally, users can redeem 3 months of YouTube Premium if they have given Discord their money. Finally, the speaker mentions that Discord is working on incorporating Latin American Spanish as a new language option.