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I personally wouldn't touch Discord with a 10 foot pole but figured any privacy-focused people who use it may want to know this.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Discord sux, switch to Matrix. You will thank me later ๐Ÿ˜‰

[โ€“] Sanguine 64 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cant fully switch if everyone still using discord

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thank you for what? Moving to an empty platform that nobody I'm trying to communicate with uses? Then what's the point?

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should be the change that you want.

Obviously, create alt accounts so that you can talk to yourself.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I did bring it up to my small group of eFriends a while back but no traction.
Even then the other groups are a lost cause, unfortunately.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah that happens a lot. I myself will not force my friends or family to uproot their online persona and change platforms just because I found a better alternative.

Because, I know that I'm not the only person they're using it for. They have their own social circles and I don't want to burden them to have to sacrifice or add an additional app just so they can satisfy my preference.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wut? Matrix is buzzing in tech circles. I can admit that it's not very popular outside of tech and Foss, but these are the contexts we're discussing here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Empty of my social circle, obviously.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ask people to use it. Worked for me.