Have not used this so I can’t speak to their viability, but there’s also @root
Like I mentioned in a similar post, please look at this alternative: https://stoat.chat/
Seams cool, but why not matrix since matrix has different instances you can chose from.
forgot to add that one, my other post did include Matrix as well :)
Does this still require you to ‘call’ people to be in a voice channel? Or is it now similar to discord in that you join a channel and can hear anyone in it?
Well, time to dump Discord after I finish school.
can somebody screenshot the article i cant read it
What about Fractal? It even have a flatpak https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/fractal
Fractal is not multiplatform (i.e. isn’t available on Android and on iOS) and Matrix can be confusing to people not already familiar with it.
And no, a wall of text explaining what Matrix is won’t help since most of Discord’s users are teenagers with a very short attention span that don’t read much (unless they’re forced to by school).
Potential solution, may be controversial.
Just add a vertical video with Minecraft parkour or with CS surf on the bottom and a half naked woman from a freelance platform explaining what it is.
There are also Element and SchildiChat as alternative clients.
I’m never doing this. I’ll pay someone else to verify my account before I upload my dox with these assholes.
I’m fine switching to an alternative, but I have seen no gaming companies linking anything else for their official “forums”
Minecraft.wiki links to Zulip…
I hope for once people would get together and drop Discord so that Discord would have to reverse this policy. So often, we the customers really have the power if we get together and act together. All these social networks are nothing without the contributions of the customers.
without the contributions of the
customersWithout the contributions of the product.
As the adage goes, if you’re not paying for it (and often even when you are), you’re not the customer.
We should append this, …" or it is open source"
I don’t trust discord with what little I formation I’ve gave them so far. Definitely not giving them my ID or a scan of my face.
But they pinky promise the face scan is not facial recognition and that it’s immediately deleted and never leaves your device.
Considering the recent “third-party” data breach cases…
More info for those unfamiliar:
Of the accounts impacted globally, we have identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had government-ID photos exposed, which our vendor used to review age-related appeals.
Goodbye Discord.
Hello Matrix!
Matrix isn’t that good from an usability standpoint as it looks a lot like IRC
Usability is good in my opinion. They’ve spent a lot of time on the UI over the past couple years. The mobile Element X apps are excellent now IMO. But the two things that prevent matrix/Element from being a good discord replacement are:
- No Mumble-like voice chat. They have Zoom-like conference calling now, but no voice channels.
- Search is either non-existent (mobile clients) or is awful. It’s somehow worse than Discord’s search! I know it’s because the search needs to work on-device because of E2EE, but unfortunately it’s still a minus point vs Discord.
Honestly, the best solution to 1 may be to simply deploy mumble in addition to matrix (or other chat apps).
Seconding this, just use mumble. It’s self-hosted free and open source software, easy on resources, provides very low latency, and it’s very stable and reliable.
The client might look a little dated but I still love it. I don’t care for stupid electron apps, which every modern application seems to be.
LOL! That’s so true! Even I have trouble navigating.
Of the accounts impacted globally, we have identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had government-ID photos exposed
Lol, no thanks. I deleted this trash years ago and wish companies would stop using it for tech and customer support. “Join our discord channel!” - no.
Same here.
Finally my chance to quit?
IdkYeah, you go ahead & do that, & watch how many people will jump ship to other alternatives while you lose a lot of money & subscriptions, especially when you’ve been hacked before.
People have found other alternatives to TikTok, & they’ll do the same with Discord.
I mean, you’re not wrong, but have you seen what those alternatives were?
i wouldn’t be so optimistic. normies have a tendency to accept quite a lot.
Users who aren’t verified as adults will not be able to access age-restricted servers and channels, won’t be able to speak in Discord’s livestream-like “stage” channels, and will see content filters for any content Discord detects as graphic or sensitive.
Shrug
I’m not using discord for porn, so I’m not going to lose sleep. Will simply live with a “teen” account until my groups migrate to a better service.
But you’ll get my biometrics from my cold dead hands.
They will also get warning prompts for friend requests from potentially unfamiliar users, and DMs from unfamiliar users will be automatically filtered into a separate inbox.
GOOD
Crazy they didn’t implement this years ago. Discord is bloated with fake user spam.
So I get a free spam filter for not verifying? Guess I’m never verifying then, lol.
My initial thought too. Good. At least until they catch on and make some excuse for needing “teens” IDs too.
That last part should just be a feature of any account.
GOOD
Crazy they didn’t implement this years ago. Discord is bloated with fake user spam.
it’s easy to see how they’ll manipulate this to make you think that their pro-zionist bots are actual people.
The last point is already implemented, and as someone who regularly has to get DMs from strangers, I have those options off. I guess now I can’t do that.
