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Skype is an instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services. Users may transmit both text and video messages and may exchange digital documents such as images, text, and video. Skype allows video conference calls.
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Skype Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Marlön
(@Eon1One) reported
@simplygastly Well as far as I am aware skype is doing pretty well, it's tech is being used access all of MS and it's a very popular Customizable service for Telepresence in the business industry also Teams = Skype v2 but not named so.
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MizuMikomi
(@MizuMikomi) reported
@business Oh god no. We left Skype for Discord because Microsoft ****** it up in the first place, don't make a god damned mess of a program that was literally made to be the ANTITHESIS of what your service is.
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Linebeck (Lin)
(@J_Linebeck) reported
Dunno why people are saying Microsoft ruined Skype, it was already terrible beforehand
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Arctix
(@ArctixTV) reported
@_MissClick_ TERRIBLE. I was part of Discord’s Beta in 2014. The big allure is that it wasn’t Skype. Skype...that Microsoft owned. Then again, it really seems like Discord as a whole has lost touch with its community in general. Other Apps like @teamguilded look more appealing each day.
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Rigor
(@Rigorsbastion) reported
@HBJohnXuandou Maybe they could fix their OS and Skype before jumping ship. Awful software engineers for how many resources they have to throw at things.
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Ten Years Of Something
(@somethingguy912) reported
@business I mean if it can regulate the furry **** (redundancy) chats that promulgate Discord, cool. Although I can't help but think they'll treat it as poorly as they did skype
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Ne0n1nja247
(@ne0n1nja247) reported
@GamingEthos They literally already ****** up one app we used. I'm gucci on this. They finna have us streaming through Facebook Messenger. How bout they Fix Skype instead of just Doing what they did to Mixer and Just buying **** and then never innovating past what they paid for.
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YaChief
(@YaChief_) reported
If @discord gets bought by @Microsoft we all know it's going to go down hill. Y'all remember how skype went to ****? Yeah I hope discord doesn't go down that route.
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Capp00
(@Capp00) reported
@theurparanoid Probably. I just don't want all the banner ads and ****** audio, just like when they took over skype. Man, I used skype for everything back in the day. Then it turned into a **** and now I can't even login because I have on idea what MS account they created for it.
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Owen M. Roe
(@OwenMRoe) reported
@Blackbeard no I get that -- I remember the skype days very well -- but it seems like they kinda had this opportunity once before. not to mention the sad excuse of a service that skype is now. they've resorted to inflating their numbers by auto-installing it on Windows 10.
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Neon Velocity
(@Neon_Velocity) reported
@WCoder598 Prefer them despite their flaws in the past. Skype was terrible along with Mixer.
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Sherome
(@sheromeaw) reported
@AndaIus @business MS has been wanting to acquire Discord for the longest since the service practically killed their own service Skype.
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Just me
(@KREEPYKRAWLLY) reported
@business The service is about to die a horrible death. Look at Skype
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Arilin Thorferra
(@gc_arilin) reported
@SalameleonAD @conejitogigante I don't think it's going to go the way of Skype; as Conejito's mentioned, very different folks running MSFT now, and they're more likely to treat it like GitHub. I *doubt* they'll kill the standalone service, either; Discord's consciously broadened past gamers recently.
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MadArtRaven (🔞)
(@MadArtRaven) reported
@business So what you are saying is they want to ruin it like they did Skype (Mixer and literally every 3rd party thing they devour). Yeah, no. This better not pass or happen. Microsoft could at the very least attempt to fix Skype first before trying this monopolizing bullshit.
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berwyn 🍁
(@_berwyn_) reported
@pixelyunicorn And honestly, I can't fault them on Skype's fate, it was already broken beyond repair before they got it and just needed an actual competitor to finally fall into the grave. Can't say they really _helped_ avert that fate tho
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Generalkidd 🏳️🌈
(@Generalkidd) reported
@Hayden_G230 Modern Skype isn't that bad I feel. Old Skype used to be riddled with connection issues. At the very least I'm just hoping I can discord call on Xbox while playing a game.
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Shaddy
(@ShaddyyD) reported
@GILx87 @business Thats what everyone initially thought when microsoft acquired skype back in the day, but they literally ruined the app and service into the ground, then discord was made and everyone moved over there.
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🌻 Springtime Tones 🌻
(@tonycaline) reported
can't use ANY type of communication service, for business or otherwise, because when somebody gets big enough, microsoft just buys it and rips it apart goodbye to MSN, goodbye to Skype, and now potentially goodby to Discord yall @discord trust me, the $$ aint worth it, c'mon
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Roya Rockwood
(@Royameadow) reported
Skype and Discord merging together could have the potential of fixing select issues with both platforms though: I don't like the Timed Limitations on some Discord Servers that forces you to be a Twitch or Patreon subscriber, and Call Recording on Skype had been trash for years.
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Martine 🌺
(@dyingmathmajor) reported
@business Instead of trying to acquire Discord, @Microsoft should try to fix its Teams feature (and Skype).
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🐮CamronJK🐻 and 16 others
(@CamronJK) reported
@LenaAxios /me stares at Skype... Like even ignoring what they did the Mixer, they have a service that worked the same way, and they butchered it.
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Blues!
(@Gathering_Blues) reported
@Nayomiboo @discord My main issue with when skype was bought by Michaelsoft was having to deal with the stupid ads popping up in every call
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Rob M. | Tokkan
(@tokkanram) reported
Microsoft clumsily merging Skype and MSN messenger into a single service ended up being a massive failure. To be wary of the very idea of Microsoft buying Discord is a smart position to take.
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TryhardTechy
(@TryhardTechy) reported
@discord i just heard about the proposition by Microsoft to buy you out. as a long time user of discord and former user of skype there is no comparison as to how much better discord is. please for the love of everything good and all of us users turn Microsoft down! save discord!
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Pyrii ♿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇧🦉
(@Pyrii) reported
@SignpostMarv That's the only upside to this. Microsoft butchered Skype so bad that Discord became as popular as it is because of how bad Skype got to use. They just can't help trying to remake MSN messenger, bugs and all
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Ryan :slight_smile:
(@Ryan_Recon) reported
@vTRouter skype was always ****, i still dont see a problem with them wanting to buy discord
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Generalkidd 🏳️🌈
(@Generalkidd) reported
@KevinKoolxHalo @Hayden_G230 Actually Skype is pretty well integrated with Xbox and it's a very good alternative whenever party chat is down or having issues. But yeah Skype could've been so much more.
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Toj0
(@TheToj0) reported
@surfacage But they would exactly do that. Its exactly what happened to skype, they tried to homegenize it without fixing fundemental problems. And we already have MS Teams its called Slack
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pastel paz
(@pastelpazora) reported
real talk if microsoft buys discord ima delete it from the computer as a whole lmaoooo discord already constantly has issues for me (esp with streaming), why would i stick around after I was already there for what they did to skype