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Discord Initiates Major Workforce Reduction, Lays Off 17% of Employees
Breitbart ^ | 01/12/2024 | Lucas Nolan

Posted on 01/12/2024 10:28:50 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Discord, the popular messaging and video calling platform, has announced a significant reduction in its workforce, laying off 17 percent of its staff in a strategic move to streamline operations.

The Verge reports Discord has joined the ranks of a number of other tech firms in 2024, laying off a significant amount of its workforce. The company recently announced it plans to lay off 17 percent of its workforce, which is equivalent to around 170 employees.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: discord; laysoff; reductions; workforce Comment #1 Removed by Moderator

To: ChicagoConservative27

Remember “learn to code?” Then AI leaned to code. Times are changing, and being a Lefty and politically correct is no guarantee of employment these days.


2 posted on 01/12/2024 10:33:26 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Never heard of them.


3 posted on 01/12/2024 10:36:52 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Google also laying off... A.I. strikes again!


4 posted on 01/12/2024 10:45:38 AM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There is no shortage of messaging and video conferencing apps. Sound like they are cutting overhead ahead of a sale or merger.


5 posted on 01/12/2024 10:53:00 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Good, it’s crap, difficult to use for anything serious


6 posted on 01/12/2024 10:58:32 AM PST by bigbob
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

A discontented and disaffected populace is Liberals’ political capital


7 posted on 01/12/2024 11:02:10 AM PST by SMARTY ("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
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To: SaxxonWoods

“Never heard of them.”

Discord is popular with gamers and some right/conservatives who’ve been kicked off the other social media platforms.

It’s relatively free of censorship and moderation is left to the owners of the various sites within Discord.


8 posted on 01/12/2024 11:10:42 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: SaxxonWoods

A little surprising to me as my wife just this morning was pointing out how Discord had gone from a gamers communication tool our kids use to a platform several organizations she is a part of is using.


9 posted on 01/12/2024 11:11:24 AM PST by Flying Circus
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Learn to code?

Learn to weld

Learn to farm

Learn to machine-tool

Learn to cook

Learn to build

Learn anything useful!!


10 posted on 01/12/2024 11:16:27 AM PST by PGR88
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To: MeganC

Thanks, interesting.


11 posted on 01/12/2024 11:20:03 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: Flying Circus

Thanks.


12 posted on 01/12/2024 11:20:59 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time
Remember “learn to code?” Then AI leaned to code.

I tell the other IT folks at the corporation where I do winter gig work to "learn to prompt". Prompt Engineers! (a real thing) Yeah, that's the ticket.

13 posted on 01/12/2024 11:24:28 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Next week on The Bickersons...)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

I play a little World of Tanks and they always want to sign up to Discord ,nope ,LOL


14 posted on 01/12/2024 11:39:21 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Sound like Discord at Discord.

Well, at least the people being laid off cannot claim they were surprised, given the name of the company they worked for.


15 posted on 01/12/2024 2:45:10 PM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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