They won’t. They never leave, at least not enough to make a difference. I’ve long since given up hoping in people to do the right thing.
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muhyb@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Don’t threat
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Nima@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
I run several communities on discord with hundreds of people in them. I can’t just leave.
I want to leave. but I can’t force people to move to a new app just for one community.
its a complicated issue for those that use it for communities. we are working on trying to move off.
ikidd@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Who could have seen this coming?
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thats the problem. You can go through all the pain to move to an alternative, but eventually it enshitifys too. You could go open source, but those solutions rarely have the polish to get the large quantity of users needed for niche communities. And most users won’t understand why they are better anyway. So it’s just a horrible cycle.
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Speaking as someone who is currently planning to move a community away from Discord to something self-hosted, it’s not as easily said as done.
Apart from the need to run your own infrastructure, competing software is typically finicky and comes with caveats. Plus you have to worry about discoverability if you want to attract new users.
It’s doable, sure, but it requires a lot of planning and work. Honestly, it’s probably going to take us months to get our own service fully up and running.
traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Setting up Matrix/Synapse was extremely easy and done in a day. The self hosting part is not that hard and I would say migrating users would be the majority of your time. Plenty of VPSs online make obtaining infrastructure very easy.
muhyb@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
It’s never easy but believe me it’s rewarding. Planning to switching to a self-hosted solution even more so (though it’s harder). However, starting it is the halfway through. I just wish your community members as understanding as you.
Good luck!