Articles that mention "Discord"

How to make a Discord bot, with or without code

Bots are part of what make Discord fun, but where do they come from? For the most part, bots are built by other Discord users. You can find a bunch of ready-to-install bots over at DiscordBots.org, or you can build your own.

Slack vs. Discord: Which should you use?

Comparing Slack to Discord doesn't, at first glance, make sense. It's apples to oranges—or, more accurately, conference room to arcade—in terms of branding.

6 ways to manage your Discord server with automation

The 5 best team chat apps in 2021

Team chat apps aren't just tools—they're the modern office. That's obviously true for remote teams, but the appeal goes well beyond that. Companies that have a shared physical workspace increasingly depend on workplace chat to get things done.

How a Canadian volunteer group organized a massive mask-sewing effort with Zapier

Zapier allowed us to expand so rapidly.

Can you use Discord for business?

Discord is similar to Slack or Microsoft Teams, but you wouldn't know that looking at the home page.

How to upload Nintendo Switch screenshots to Google Drive, Dropbox, and thousands of other apps

Nintendo makes it easy to take screenshots and videos of your games, then share Switch screenshots and videos to Facebook and Twitter.

How to Bold in Discord

There are no visible formatting tools in Discord, and yet other users are bolding words. How are they doing that? It turns out Discord uses a simplified version of Markdown for formatting. To bold text, put it between two pairs of asterisks.

Slack, Zoom, and other apps go offline sometimes—make sure you have a plan

Physical offices rarely just...disappear. Remote ones sometimes do. Team chat apps are, in a very real way, the remote office, and video conferencing apps are the remote conference room.