Discord, the platform long associated with gaming communities and crypto traders, has now become the unlikely stage for a political revolution in Nepal.
After widespread protests and the banning of major social media platforms, young protestors flocked to Discord to coordinate, deliberate, and even vote on who should lead the country next.
The “Youth Against Corruption” server, which quickly ballooned to more than 130,000 members, hosted multiple polls over the past week.
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On Sep. 10, the group reached consensus. Sushila Karki, Nepal’s former chief justice, was chosen as interim leader. More than 7,700 votes were cast before Karki crossed the 50% threshold, reported South China Morning Post.
The very next day, she met with Nepal’s president, Ram Chandra Poudel, and Army chief Gen. Ashok Raj Sigdel, underscoring how this online decision spilled into the real world.
Discord is already a go-to platform for the crypto traders, and investors. It’s the hot spot, where traders gather to swap signals, where NFT launches are coordinated, and where DAOs, decentralized autonomous organizations, run their governance votes.
The overlap became clear as users on X and Discord drew parallels between the protest movement and the decentralized ethos of crypto.
“What is happening? Yesterday the AI minister, now a Discord revolution,” wrote one X user, reacting to the pace of change. Another added, “This Discord vote? Crazy Gen Z govt in Nepal. TikTok will become the national broadcast of Nepal.”
Inside the server, the comparisons to crypto governance came quickly. “I think I just witnessed the first internet-native revolution,” one user posted. Others said the experience felt like being inside a massive DAO, where tens of thousands of people cast votes to determine leadership.
Traders and community leaders, used to treating Discord as the hub for token launches and community votes, were struck by how similar the Nepali experiment felt. One crypto-focused account remarked, “
For the first time anywhere in the world, Nepal elects its interim Prime Minister via Discord vote … after Gen Z overthrew the Marxist-Leninist regime.”
Another crypto enthusiast wrote on X: “Btw why Discord lmao … the server where they voted.” It captured both the disbelief and the familiarity — Discord may seem obscure to outsiders, but for…
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