Yes, I am aware how ironic it is to post this on Lemmy.

  • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Sounds like my kind of software! The thing I always hated most about Discord was that other people use it and I have to interact with them.

  • mycodesucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    “It’s very simple… I want control over my life and a fresh hope for humanity, but if you suggest I tolerate even the TINIEST quantum of inconvenience in the process I will complain and mock until I feel better for betraying all my professed values. What, pay people for improving the thing someone already generously built for free? Why should I do that?”

    • greenskye@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I mean sometimes it’s ‘let me suggest this foss alternative that doesn’t actually do what you need it to do’ and then getting mad that the user doesn’t want to use a program that doesn’t do what they need it to.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        2 months ago

        but this just seems like a made up scenario? Yeah sure it was true like a year ago, but at this point the alternatives are missing like one feature each…

    • Rose@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      3 months ago

      [Insert obligatory grumpy stares from ircII/irssi/whatever-real-IRC-client users when they hear a Windows 95 user referring to the whole service as “mIRC”]

  • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I feel like I’ve been caught by the hyperbole here, but there are discord alternatives with all those features.

    • Jorunn (she/her)@piefed.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Matrix using the sable client is I think the smoothest alternative so far. It’s not owned by some shitty corporation, you can self host it or use one of the many existing instances, you can do voice chat and screen sharing, it’s easy to add custom emojis and stickers.

      Unlike most other alternatives it’s federated which I think is crucial to actually scaling with more users and being resistant to abuse by a single host.

      • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Yeah I’m not sure why many are saying matrix is bad. My friends and I have been using it for months now and its been great. Granted, its only 4 of us. A large 20 person server may not fare as well.

        • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
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          3 months ago

          It’s buggy, doesn’t properly support screen sharing, doesn’t properly support voice calls, and all the available clients are hit or miss over which features they have. I personally think it’s harder to switch over from Discord to Matrix than from Reddit to Lemmy. Matrix sucks, but that’s probably because it’s built for businesses organizations to use, not common users like us. For that reason, I still think we need a real replacement to Discord built to be federated from the beginning.

    • Natanox@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      3 months ago

      For anyone interested: such alternatives are, for example, Fluxer (easier) or I think Stoat (more control as of now).

      • dreamy@quokk.auEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Screen sharing support has been added to Stoat but it’s disabled on the main server so you have to self host to use it, but self hosting Stoat is a pain because the main instance is hardcoded into the clients, so you have to edit their source code and recompile them. There are also no notification sounds for some reason.

        I still use it though. Much better than having all my data sold. It would also be nice if they could add a Signal-like donation system where you donate some minuscule amount of money monthly and get a small badge to indicate your support. Something as simple as that motivates people to donate, no need for paywalling the most basic stuff like Fluxer and Discord.

        • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          3 months ago

          TBF fluxer doesn’t paywall anything if you host it yourself (since you’re obviously not tied to their infrastructure)

          • dreamy@quokk.auEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Fluxer is not federated though. If you plan on only interacting with your friends who were willing to join your instance that’s an alright solution, but if you want to interact with other people on other servers then you’re going to need to use their main instance.

    • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      3 months ago

      There are a few that import Reddit posts, but there are also settings to block bots; maybe yours is set to on? But I don’t ever see bots in the comments, which is fine with me.

      • Keshara@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Same experience here. I don’t think I’ve seen a bot in the comments yet, different story on Reddit thats for sure. And when I tried the recent Digg reboot, I’m pretty sure every second or third account was a bot

        • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I’m sure .ml is loaded with bots. I’m currently chatting with a person who thinks Russia is a brilliant strategist for selling oil at a steep discount.

        • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I’m sure .ml is loaded with bots. I’m currently chatting with a person who thinks Russia is a brilliant strategist for selling oil at a steep discount.

          • Whostosay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            3 months ago

            To be fair. It could be. In an evil Uber or door dash sort of way. Sell at a loss, make infrastructure dependent on it, hike up prices.

            Do I think it will be or is way more like they are desperate for cash? Prolly