It was founded in 2015 to make it easier for gamers to talk while playing video games and gained notoriety as a home for the Alt-Right two years later when white supremacists used it to orchestrate that summer’s Charlottesville protests. The ironically named communication app started its life attracting far, far different crowds. It’s a bit discordant to think about Discord being used by Santibanez and other Black Lives Matter activists. “It’s been awesome to see it grow organically, like a patchwork quilt.” “Most of us were not experienced with Discord, but we’re learning and got things set up,” says Santibanez, who works for Enterprise in its corporate rental fleet. It now has around 1,000 people, and Santibanez is its chief leader, spending much of her past month directing people to it whenever she sees someone online asking about information on the demonstrations.
This one in Dallas was dedicated to organizing events and proved to be a useful repository of information.
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