@djlink "I told you so" seems fitting to everyone especially FOSS / open source communities that wouldn't listen🤦
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@djlink Not sure where most of you all have been but Discord has been garbage for many many years.
They have sold user data for years, which is why I dropped them 8+ years ago.
Just one example, and from last year... Glad I dont have any data they sold to Law Enforcement and AI companies.
https://lifehacker.com/tech/discord-data-sold-to-ai-and-law-enforcement
@djlink ok, this sucks. unfortunately i have no idea where one would move. and even if i did, how you'd get more than 1-2% of people to go with you.
discord only got so big because steam, xfire, teamspeak and foremost skype all sucked at some part of the problem. but discord doesn't suck in the same visible ways.
@aurelia @djlink This, there is no proper alternative. Matrix is a buggy and convoluted mess, XMPP is cumbersome and Rocket is, to my knowledge, insecure (not like Discord would be secure, but there isn't sufficient incentive to move over or recommend Rocket over it).
I'd love to switch to anything that offers proper chat AND voice channels in a secure, accessible way. But even that seems out of reach.
Revolt re-branded to Stoat. Best to read their blog post as to why.
I have an account there as a backup.