Discord has truly been a great engagement creator! However, being the innovative company that they are, I’m sure they have something else coming in the pipeline that will take the user experience even higher.
The annual summary #DiscordCheckpoint has just been released and the whole web has gone wild. As you might have guessed, this is the period when the application breaks the bad news about you through the weird statistics. It indicates the number of messages you have sent, the number of games you have played, the longest call you have had, the emojis you have used most, etc. The Twitter handle of Discord mentioned this and asked people to upgrade the app and have fun together. The response? An exquisite combination of pride and horror with the addition of many users doubting their life choices.
Let’s see what Discord Checkpoint is made of? Actually, it is representing your digital footprint for the year, but with a nice touch. The Company claims that it shows the fun activities you did in 2025. This is a nice way to look at the titles you were most communicating about during your raids and just chilling in a voice chat session. It is a very personal reflection of your year spent in a community with others. However, just like every feature that shows your online activities, the feedback has been of… very human nature.
The moment the game players posted their results, the atmosphere was mixed. A user by the name pizkii_ proudly stated that he has spent “3500 hours in call with my homie🤞”. This equals roughly to 146 non-stop days that one has to be pretty committed to. At the opposite end, there were users who had no choice but to face the reality check that they had feared the most. CGlator posted their numbers and said “I think I should really be ashamed of myself.” Let’s be honest; we have all been in that kind of situation at some point. Another gamer named Kideathhh, shared his recap with the caption “I might be chronically online”. Self-awareness is indeed very strong and at the same time it is quite painful.
The reflection, however, was not purely about shame and glory. Others just got the hang of the feature and experienced it in a positive way. prism_2903_9002 considered it to be a “really cool feature ✨”. Fanny_Gonzalez8 even jestingly asked if she could get a reward for being in the top 1% of… something. The most likely contender is message volume. The craving for recognition, even through a silly data recap, is very symptomatic.
Regrettably, happiness was not the only emotion expressed. It is said that this new feature release caught some typical Discord bugs. A lot of people complained that they could not even access it. User Akriel1x suggested that it was “being tested in diff regions first”, which is indeed a common strategy. Some, like C0smic_Lunar, figured it out that it was only available on desktop at the moment and not on mobile. Then, besides that, there were the complaints about accuracy—which basically were the same complaints about accuracy. This was a recurring topic. Several users claimed that their stats were just wrong. The realolilz wrote, “the hours in voice and a few other stats are just straight up wrong.” The KaiThouKing said that their recap mentioned that their top chatter sent only 4 messages which did sound wrong for daily usage. At the same time, DailyRyoSquares was confused asking “why does it say I’ve only been 2 hours on voice chat???” when they were certain that it was much more. So, perhaps you should not be too confident of your “top gamer” badge for now.
Also, it is quite obvious that every time a data-tracking feature is launched, the question of privacy immediately comes up. A few users expressed their doubts to some extent about the whole thing. markdavaus tweeted, “You won’t trick me when it comes to data tracking, lol.” Eye_spoon was even more straightforward: “I don’t want to give you my data, but thanks.” It is indeed a constraint—this fun feature is a great reminder that Discord is keeping a close eye on a lot of your activities. For some, it is a matter of giving up on the service, while others consider it a little excessive.
The tweets were also very much like classic Twitter chaos. One user, shutupkaptain, must have posted some incredible figures because replies like “u have no life” from yukigasaai and a simple “Take a shower.” from sirchadius came through. Ultimately brutal, but also hilarious. Community interaction at its best. Another user, iluvuchrisevans, dramatically proclaimed “Thanks, you just ruined my day,” which is likely the most relatable reaction of all.
