Comment on Meet Roomy: An Open-Source Discord Alternative for the Decentralized Web
XLE@piefed.social 21 hours agoI agree. I think the average person just wants Roomy (or Matrix) to do what Discord already does. Voice. Video. Desktop streaming. All this haggling about protocols and decentralization don’t matter, but that’s what the article (and the app?) seem most focused on.
other_cat@piefed.zip 20 hours ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if this wasn’t aimed for the average user, but unfortunately that means greatly diminished chances of success.
XLE@piefed.social 19 hours ago
I really hope the project doesn’t end up being basically Matrix again.We already have a nerdy group chat app that doesn’t really work well as a Discord replacement. We don’t need two.
other_cat@piefed.zip 16 hours ago
Not to mention the other two discord clones I can remember off the top of my head. Guilded (Owned by Roblox IIRC?) and
RevoltStoat, which I never hear anyone talk about, especially after their name change.durindana@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Stoat? lol the platform named for grumpy archaic rodents I didn’t know I needed