> Letting people use handles has been a thing since way before modern gamer and it is probably the only right way if you want interesting people to share stuff.

The issue is being unable to have, under a single login, completely isolated identities for each server (or group of servers).

> It works really nice for non gaming too.

IMHO the Discord branding (specifically the copy) works great for a gaming audience but is slightly off-putting for a non-geeky audience (think non-tech business types).