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We’ve Moved! Visit Our New Blog Home at discord.com/blog
We’ve Moved! Visit Our New Blog Home at discord.com/blog
We’ve got some exciting plans for the future of our blog. Follow us at discord.com/blog to stay in the loop about future posts.
Nelly
Sep 15, 2021
Discover Your Next Favorite Campus Club in Student Hubs
Discover Your Next Favorite Campus Club in Student Hubs
With so many ways students are using Discord, it can be hard to find servers for your campus. Student Hubs are here to help.
Nelly
Sep 1, 2021
Nitro Users Now Get an Enhanced Video Experience with Three Months of YouTube Premium
Nitro Users Now Get an Enhanced Video Experience with Three Months of YouTube Premium
We’ve put together a deal with another amazing streaming service: YouTube Premium.
Nelly
Aug 9, 2021
Connect the Conversation with Threads on Discord
Connect the Conversation with Threads on Discord
Today, we’re excited to introduce a new home for all those winding discussions happening in your communities: Threads!
Nelly
Jul 27, 2021
Unleash Your Creativity with Stickers on Discord
Unleash Your Creativity with Stickers on Discord
We’re reintroducing Stickers to Discord and giving you ways to incorporate your own sets of stickers within your communities.
Nelly
Jun 29, 2021
Discover the Next Great Community in Stage Discovery
Discover the Next Great Community in Stage Discovery
Our blog has moved to our main website! Check us out on discord.com/blog to stay in the loop about future posts.
Nelly
Jun 1, 2021
Starting Servers on Discord is Easier Than Ever
Starting Servers on Discord is Easier Than Ever
From role and channel creation to improving bots, we’re sharing some changes recently added to improve the Discord experience for all.
Nelly
Apr 21, 2021
Captivate Your Community with Stage Channels
Captivate Your Community with Stage Channels
We’ve been working to help empower your server to more easily run audio events. Enter the limelight with our newest feature: Stage…
Nelly
Mar 31, 2021
Slash Commands are Here!
Slash Commands are Here!
Bots add incredible value to servers. Today, we’re launching Slash Commands to help dramatically improve the bot experience for everyone.
Nelly
Mar 24, 2021
Peeling Back the Wrapping on Stickers
Peeling Back the Wrapping on Stickers
Since the beginning, adding value to the lives of our users and incorporating user feedback have been the two core pillars of our product…
Nelly
Oct 15, 2020
Get Hyped! The Partner & Verified Server Programs are BACK!
Get Hyped! The Partner & Verified Server Programs are BACK!
It’s been nearly a year since the Partner & Verified Server programs were paused to new applicants. Since then, we’ve gotten daily…
Nelly
Aug 3, 2020
Discord is for Your Communities
Discord is for Your Communities
Five years ago, we started Discord as a better way for you and your friends to talk while playing games together. At the time, we assumed…
Nelly
Jul 31, 2020
Tune into Discord with Krisp noise suppression on iOS and Android
Tune into Discord with Krisp noise suppression on iOS and Android
You’ve been sitting at your computer for too long so you decide to take a walk. But you don’t wanna stop talking with your friends, so you…
Nelly
Jul 17, 2020
How Discord Made Android In-App Navigation Easier
How Discord Made Android In-App Navigation Easier
When Discord first started as a desktop app, the fastest way to make Discord available on Android and iOS involved copying the desktop…
Donald Chen
Jul 16, 2020
Wave Hello to Server Video
Wave Hello to Server Video
After a few weeks of roll-out, Server Video chat is finally available to everyone on desktop, web, and iOS, with Android coming soon. With…
Nelly
May 14, 2020
Talking to each other during COVID-19
Talking to each other during COVID-19
Hanging out in voice chat is one of the best parts of Discord. Making memories with friends and giving you an easy place to talk with them…
Nelly
Apr 10, 2020
The Future of Bots on Discord
The Future of Bots on Discord
In case you weren’t aware, robots have taken over.
Nelly
Apr 7, 2020
Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
Rust is becoming a first class language in a variety of domains. At Discord, we’ve seen success with Rust on the client side and server…
Jesse Howarth
Feb 4, 2020
Tidying Up Discord
Tidying Up Discord
The Activity Feed was meant to give you an easy way to stay up to date with game news and let you quickly see what your friends are up to…
Nelly
Jan 29, 2020
Why Discord is dropping support for Android 4
Why Discord is dropping support for Android 4
Starting Monday, November 11th, all new updates to the Discord Android app will require users to run at least Android 5 (API 21).
Jeff Cailteux
Nov 25, 2019
How Discord achieves native iOS performance with React Native
How Discord achieves native iOS performance with React Native
Early on at Discord, we adopted React Native as soon as it was open sourced to build our iOS app from the core of our React app. Years…
Miguel Gaeta
Nov 7, 2019
What’s Coming for Nitro
What’s Coming for Nitro
This coming October marks one year since we signed the first batch of games to our Nitro Games catalogue. This means next month, it’s time…
Nelly
Sep 12, 2019
Change Log — 9.09.2019
Change Log — 9.09.2019
WELCOME HOME
Nelly
Sep 9, 2019
Light Theme, Redeemed
Light Theme, Redeemed
The rise, fall, and rise again of Discord’s Light Theme.
Kevin Wilson
Sep 9, 2019
Investigating Discord’s React Memory Leak
Investigating Discord’s React Memory Leak
A seemingly routing React upgrade led us on a journey through our codebase, the Chrome memory inspector, and the React source code.
Paul Shen
Aug 8, 2019
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