Comment by SlackingOff123
15 hours ago
In the Discord API, "servers" are called "guilds" which I assume it was the original name for them when they started developing the platform. Don't know why they decided to change it.
15 hours ago
In the Discord API, "servers" are called "guilds" which I assume it was the original name for them when they started developing the platform. Don't know why they decided to change it.
In the dark ages of the internet, you had to host a server in things like Ventrilo[1], which was the thing Discord tried and succeeded at disrupting. Since now you can create a "server" for talking with friends (and friends of friends) without being technical.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventrilo
Suspect, pure speculation, when they pivoted from being focused on gamers, switching from guild to server helped.
Or, even more broad, someone just thought it might and implemented it, irrespective of whether it actually changed anything (discernible from background growth) or not