You've got telegram? That's cool! Not a customer at this point but wouldn't be against chats if you needed. Don't know Discord's particular flavour of bullshit but could troubleshoot other things for ya.

Discord operates almost all over the world, unlike Telegram

Discord is also an *objectively* worse bit of software in terms of regular text chats however.
Not sure why you felt it needed defending, in particular.
But it offers such fun features as a random character limit, a file size limit, a file *amount* send limit (Ten at a time), a shit UI, a laggy UI, atrocious built-in store with atrocious prices, regular audio resetting bugs for voice chat and, you know, more.

Anyway. Not here to "not defend" Discord either.

I understand your criticism of Discord, and many of the mentioned disadvantages do exist. Let's look at the main issues and their context.:
The restrictions on symbols and files are rather technical measures to optimize the operation of servers and ensure the stable operation of the platform. Many large services have similar restrictions.
Limit on the number of files (10 at a time) — this is a compromise between user convenience and server load.
The interface can really seem overloaded, especially for beginners. However, the platform offers:
Customizable themes
The ability to customize servers
Flexible notification settings
The store with its prices does raise questions, but it is an additional feature that is not mandatory to use.
Problems with sound in voice chats are a well—known problem that is being gradually solved by developers.
I'm not trying to protect him, I'm just taking note of the information I have.

rn it's just 'cuz I think Discord thought I was sharing things too fast, 'specially since I used the forward feature (which I don't do too often vs just uploading directly) and I didn't realize when it first wanted confirmation that it detached my phone from my primary when I did initially, which I quickly corrected, but then it immediately went back to wanting confirmation so I gotta sort it out with support, or bite a bullet and get a second line to associate it (which to be fair having a phone to dedicate to business isn't technically a -bad- thing, but inconvenient as a solo.)

It's more a weird event to me 'cuz it's not abnormal for me to send things to a couple people in a short period, but one can never tell. Between the two though, Discord is still substantially the better service in my experience, pending future inevitable enshittification

That does seem a bit strange. Would they perhaps be asking you for verification because something tied to your account has changed recently?

The rest, I don't know. besides the above reply to another user, I'm not wild on them bending over to the UK for private information & then having that private information just leak almost immediately.
That said, I hope your thing gets sorted and it isn't gonna turn into a whole ordeal!

Well that's the thing is basically nothing's changed; I'm that one guy that never really activates all the bonus cosmetic bells and whistles or alters settings or anything and just keeps all my stuff running pretty much consistently top to bottom outside of forced circumstances. This side account's been almost exclusively DM-focused so don't really have muh reason to tweak anything.

As for the UK, much as I hate it it's... honestly a no-win type of thing that's come on that front; especially since they have more 'official' associations and integrations with other biz. It's sitting next to a 'comply or die' future arrangement as far as I can see on the horizon.

Oh I do understand it. It's their incompetence in protecting that user data that annoys me.
The rest of what you said makes sense.
IDK I just find Telegram to be much easier, less resource hungry, less laggy, less weirdly restrictive.
And that's on a pretty power plant PC, can't even imagine how it runs on a phone or tablet lol - Discord I mean.

*Hugs*

So I can’t talk up you on discord?

Not until I can get back in in probably another day or two.