Add an option to disable Add a status/Set custom activity

Sleet

Please add an option to disable this feature.

Its really annoying that every time I join a voice channel or change voice channels within the same server it automatically sets a status. If I wanted to set a status I would do so myself. I don't need a “feature” doing this for me.

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  • Jayd243

    It also broadcasts to all of your friends that you're in a voice channel. It's an invasion of privacy. It NEEDS a way to opt out of this useless clutter feature.

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  • Jhall1430

    Privacy concerns aside, the decision to implement this new “experimental feature” (as Discord support refers to it as) without the ability to 

    A) disable the feature entirely

    B) configure it to not set a status upon joining a VC

    is an incredibly poor UX decision.

    Don't get me wrong, I absolutely understand the use in this feature to signal when you're away, and can see myself using it for those purposes. Why on earth does Discord think that having a VC full of people that are all “Chilling TBH” is a good idea?

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  • Tiky

    This is absolutely ridiculous, this is just some “let's add some engagement”-business kind of thinking.  To make this on by default and not just the first time and *without an option to disable it*, is an horrible choice.

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  • bobby

    Seconded, this is a horrible decision, I don't want everyone everywhere to know that I'm in a VC, it's insane

    Always make weird new features opt-in by default, get the business people out of leadership and bring in people who actually care about user experience

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