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I've listed this article for peer review to insure the comprehensiveness and accuracy of this article.

Thanks, SouthParkFan65 ( talk) 17:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks @SouthParkFan65 I think this article is close to being GA nomination worthy. I will will review it with that in mind. I have not yet gone through the sources and that will be my next step after getting to some of these writing comments.

Notability

• "An inside source called this one of the first steps for the company towards a potential initial public offering, though co-founder and chief executive officer Jason Citron had stated earlier in the month he was not thinking about taking the company public." I don't think this is that notable and I would delete it. You can keep the source and work in the info about their new CFO and associated growth into the more notable comments about Microsoft looking to buy Discord. I think a section on why they decided (and have remained) private would be notable but a different/additional source with more detail would be needed. This seems to be part of the story "Citron states that they are still in talks with several potential buyers including all major gaming console manufacturers."

• "In July 2021, Discord acquired Sentropy, an internet moderation company." I think more could be said here and I recommend you look for additional sources. I can assist if needed.

• "As of March 2022, Discord employs 600 people globally." Weird out of place and outdated fact. Is it particularly notable that this number of people was employed at this time?

• "In August 2023, Discord cut 4% of its staff, laying off 40 employees as part of a restructuring effort" This seems like the opposite of notable. Is this the only time staff was cut?

• "After a five-fold increase in employees between 2020 and 2024, the company laid off 17%, or—170 employees, in January 2024." This seems to better communicate the point. I am not sure if there is a page on the recent wave of tech layoffs but it seems like this could at least be on a list of companies that went through a similar cycle.

• "In 2023, Discord paused their verification program while they performed maintenance. The program has not been reopened as of January 2024" I don't think this is true anymore? Which would mean there was a somewhat longer than expected period where people had to wait to verify their server? That does not seem notable.

Sourcing

• WP:MEDIUM is used twice as a source and it is not reliable. Search the article for the two places it is used and try to find other sources. If you have trouble I can help with this part. I think the info is notable.

• "Discord has stated that it has plans to implement changes that would "rid the platform of the issue" This is a 7 year old source about a plan. It should either be updated to reflect what they did or removed.

• Consider replacing the The_Daily_Beast source with a better one.

• "Discord gained popularity with the alt-right due to the pseudonymity and privacy offered by Discord's service. Analyst Keegan Hankes from the Southern Poverty Law Center stated, "It's pretty unavoidable to be a leader in this [alt-right] movement without participating in Discord."" Neither of the sources mentioned pseudonymity. This should be reworked to reflect what is verifiable.

• "The New York state attorney general's office announced an investigation of Discord among other online services in the wake of the shooting to determine if they had taken enough steps to prevent such content from being broadcast on their services, with which Discord said they would comply." This announcement of the beginning of an investigation is multiple years old there should be some update.

Layout

• History is kind of long and detailed. Maybe it should be this way maybe not. I'll give it another read.

• Discord Nitro is mentioned without introducing what it is.

• "While these features somewhat mimic the livestreaming capabilities of platforms like Twitch" It seems odd to me that Twitch is called out but not Zoom?

• "Discord Nitro subscribers will also gain access to a rotating set of games as part of their subscription, with the price of Nitro being bumped from $4.99 to $9.99 a month" This reads like an add and uses the company blog as a source. I recommend this is reworked. I think a section on Discord Nitro within monetization would be best and then it does not need to be mentioned in every other section.

• Why is it "Digital Distribution" and not just "Video Game Distribution" ?

• Weird to have a section on bans but then only mention one Ban when there are known to be many.