Actually it is about the technology, regarding both capabilities and price.

The problem with Discord is its maximum video call limit of 25 people. Using Nitro can improve the call quality but does not increase the limit.

Teams, Meet and Zoom all have substantially higher limits. Google Meet's free service allows 100, Microsoft's paid plans go to 300, and that's for full interactivity. In the case of webinars all three systems can handle thousands of view-only participants; I suppose Twitch might be usable here but uit's a stretch. Then there are other desirable features such as recording, transcription and realtime transcription translation that would be useful in an ICANN context but not available the same way on all platforms.

Slack works well, but its per-participant licensing cost would be prohibitive to an org like ICANN.

IIRC the comparison of communications system has been a main function of the technology task force. Perhaps someone from there can weigh in.

- Evan

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All
I use Discord for two groups I belong too and we have good sub-group threads and we conduct Live Chats as well. Lots of experience with Loomio and Slack . Its not about the technology but rather about people using the tool for the purpose it's set out for. I have not been a fan of Skype with the lack of threads and other reasons.