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Discord going public. Plz help a future refugee. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Discord was already succumbing to enshitification. Now with their intention to be owned by Wall Street, that trajectory will certainly accelerate at warp speed once the change of hands happens.

Anyone already get ahead of this and find a solid alternative?

Right now I'm on the fence between Element for Matrix, and Revolt. Both seem to have their pros and cons and I can't find a clear "winner".

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

persistent IRC style chat rooms
virtual “servers” to organize said chat rooms, manage privileges, control visibility
integration with bots for all sorts of things (moderation, user welcome, dice rollers, etc.)
integration with games/music players/etc (I don’t use it but it’s very popular)
privacy and moderation controls
client allows fine grained notification controls
voice, video, and screen casting simultaneously
“server” templates: use an existing server config (roles, permissions, rooms, etc.) when creating a new server.

That’s just off the top of my head.

It’s enshittifying, but the value proposition is still hard to beat. I’m really hoping Matrix catches up with the feature set soon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Its popularity is more inertia based

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

I'm not subject to intertia. I could move my friends to an alternative in a week. Tell me which alternative has all those features and I'll switch.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 17 hours ago

Really? Is there an alternative that hits all the points above? I’m really asking.