Discord almost accidentally invented the future of the internet

Discord is at the center of the gaming universe, having more than 100 million monthly active users, in millions of communities for every game and player imaginable. Its largest servers have millions of members. Discord's slowly building a business around all that popularity, too, and is now undergoing a big pivot: It's pushing to turn the platform into a comm. tool not just for gamers, but for everyone from study groups to sneakerheads to gardening enthusiasts. 5 years in, Discord's just now realizing it may have stumbled into something like the future of the internet. Almost by accident.