blockquoteBackground by Maxim Tajer (unsplash), logo belongs to Discord Inc./blockquote Recently, news about Discord looking into an initial public offering made the rounds online. !--more-- Usually, an IPO does not mean anything good for end users, especially for software products or anything-as-a-service situations. For us, it only means that external investors will gain more control over the platform than they do now and will demand a return on their investment. If they did not already hav...