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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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[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This does sound extremely useful and good.

I'd say the only issues software like this have is there's a lack of beginners guides to self hosting, so people either know too little and instantly have their server botted / hacked, or know enough to be too paranoid and afraid to set up their own server because they know of the risks.

As for me though, I'll probably look into implementing this and play around with it for our DnD group first.

[–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That sounds great, let me know how it works for you.

[–] John@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 hours ago

There is also BigBlueButton if you are looking for another similar project.