Here, youll see a bunch of hyper-popular servers listed out, with a search bar up top where you can search for individual games, esports teams, or whatever else may have a community built around it. (Image credit: Discord) If you want to open your own server for you and your friends, hit the plus-sign button to open your own server.

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Thats why apps like Discord are a saving grace in these trying times.

Now, Discord has a bit of a reputation as being a chat app for PC games, and while it definitely is that, its incredibly useful for any group of people to communicate.

There is a mobile app (which well dive into in more detail below), but most of the features work best on a computer.

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Image credit: Discord) How to install Discord If you just want to use Discord on your iPhone or Android device, you can simply download it from the App Store or the Google Play Store.

If you want to install Discord on your PC, however, simply head to discord.gg and youll see an option to download it for Windows or open it in your browser.

There are some restrictions, of course: you cant have a system-wide push to talk and you wont be able to stream video to your channels.

Plus, we simply like having the dedicated app, so that we can easily switch to it when we have a bazillion Chrome tabs open like we usually do.

Image credit: Discord) Creating an account Whether you downloaded the app or are just using the web app, youll need to create an account.

Once you open the web app, for instance, youll be greeted by a prompt to choose a username.

Type in whatever name you want you wont even need to worry about it being taken elsewhere.

When thats done there will be a prompt that pops up asking you to claim your account by entering in an email address and a password.

This will let you keep your place in any servers you join and to store all of your chats.

If youre just getting into Discord as a one-off thing, you dont need to do this at all.

In the app, when you open it youll be greeted with a login prompt asking for an email and a password.

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Now, if you already have an account and the mobile app, you can scan the little QR code to instantly log in.

If you dont have an account, you can click the Register link underneath the Login button to create an account.

Click that link and itll ask for your email and youll have to choose a username and password.

Once you do that, youll have to pass a captcha which is always annoying.

If youre setting up on mobile, the same process applies: pick a username and password, type them out and youre in.

You can set up two-factor authentication later, if you wish.

Image credit: Discord) Join a server, or create one Once you create an account and youre sitting in Discord, youll probably notice that its a bit like a ghost town.

If you already know someone with a server, ask them to send you an invite link.

Once they do, all you have to do to join their server is to click the link, and itll automatically send you to their server.

If you dont have a friend inviting you to a server, and youre just trying to like, see what all the Discord hype is about, you can hit the little looking-glass icon on the left-hand side of the screen to open up a server browser.

Here, youll see a bunch of hyper-popular servers listed out, with a search bar up top where you can search for individual games, esports teams, or whatever else may have a community built around it.

Image credit: Discord) If you want to open your own server for you and your friends, hit the plus-sign button to open your own server.

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