Comment on Discord going public. Plz help a future refugee.

Xanza@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Other voice chat programs were crap, discord was significantly better and more consistent. Simple as. It still has features way ahead of other services. The business side is shitty but it works without anyone needing to know anything with no troubleshooting.

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• acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  • 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.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Its popularity is more inertia based

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    • OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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• u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It used to be fast and not full of useless bloat like what you see right now. The usual enshittification.

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