咕咕愛囉唆

Discord：想像一個空間 DISCORD: EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE INTERNET HANGOUT

輕鬆匯聚人們所有社群交流 This platform brings people together 

一群人能夠因為共同興趣而聚在一起總是很美好。

不幸地，由於距離、時間以及時程兜不上等問題，聚在一起的想望並不總是能實現。

幸好，像Discord這樣的現代創新平台直接拿掉干擾社交聚會的這些麻煩事，不過樂趣卻絲毫不減。

如何發跡 

Discord是一個社群聊天平台，自從二○一五年首次針對某一特定族群推出以來，產品持續蓬勃發展。

Discord產品服務最初是為了電遊玩家等遊戲愛好者提供一個簡單方式，以利玩家同時交流並玩遊戲。

遊戲玩家這個社群對於創作者傑森˙西特龍和斯坦‧維斯涅夫斯基來說非常重要，因為他們兩個本身也對電動遊戲充滿熱情。

當時沒有人知道Discord居然會發展得如此迅速，因為人們正苦尋一種可以在疫情期間進行社交互動的方式。

人們意識到這個平台不僅能用來創建遊戲社團，還可以為世上任何興趣創建社團。

現在，Discord廣泛被各種不同人士使用，從戶外愛好者到藝術家，再到那些想要與家人保持聯繫的人。

It's always nice when a group of people can gather together around a shared interest. Unfortunately, this isn't always achievable due to issues such as distance,

time and different schedules. Luckily, modern innovations like Discord have taken hassles like these out of social gatherings, but not the fun.

How it started

Discord, a chatting platform for groups, has flourished since it was first launched in

2015 with a particular group in mind. The LARE service was initially made to provide video game lovers - gamers - with a simple way to communicate and play at the same time.

The gamer community is dear to the creators, Jason Citron and Stan Vishnevskiy, as they, too, have a passion for video games.

Little did anyone know that Discord would grow so fast because people were looking for a way to socialize during the pandemic. People came to the realization that the platform could be used to create communities not only for gaming but also for any interest under the sun. Now Discord is used by a wide range of people, from lovers of the outdoors to artists to those wanting to keep in touch with family members.

hassle （n.）麻煩

Haley told Tom it was too much of a hassle to make dinner after a long day at work, so they ate out. 做晚飯太麻煩

It is a real hassle to have to carry around a bunch of heavy books all day long.

hassle （v.）麻擾

The kids hassled their father so much, he finally took them to the park. 把爸爸煩死了

initially （adv.）起初；本來

 Webster initially wanted to study abroad, but when his mother got sick, he decided not to.

Initially Sarah went to Rome on vacation, and then she ended up moving there two years later.

 We initially thought it would rain today, but the sun came out so we went for a hike.

hangout （n.）/ to hang out （phrasal v）

to gather together

And that's the idea of when something brings people together, that's the reason that causes these people to come together, they're gathering together.

shared interest 

issue

Yeah. And "issues" here is talking about problems or things that would prevent you from doing something else

What are the issues of our day?

What are the things that a lot of people in society are talking about and discussing and debating?

find someone’s tribe 找到志同道合的朋友們

原住民部落

My son was happy in school after he found his tribe.

sociallize （v.）參與社交活動

Myles is pretty shy and doesn’t like to socialize with people he doesn’t know very well.

Children usually learn to socialize when they go to school.

People don’t socialize with their neighbors like they did 30 years ago. 跟鄰居來往

realization （n.）發現；意識到

Violet was surprised by the realization that Benny was dating someone else.

The realization that she could turn her hobby into a business made Connie extremely happy.

When did you come to realization that you couldn’t make a living as a singer?靠當歌手維生

little did ＋ （person）＋know 

that sentence pattern at the beginning of this sentence because it's a great one to use in a story where the storyteller or the writer already knows some details about something in the future that the characters don't know or didn't know.

to come to a/the realization

from ＋（n.）＋to＋（n.）＋to＋（n.）（sententce pattern）

those wanting to keep in touch （noun phrase）