Yeah, it was immediately clear based on the scoring that he was super biased toward Discourse. It’s not a Discord alternative, and had no place in that list at all.
Comment on Discord Alternatives, Ranked
neblem@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not reviewed in this eval:
- DeltaChat (though would likely score similar to Signal with more points for decentralization)
- IRC
- XMPP
- Lemmy/PieFed/Nodebb (if he’s going to include Discourse…)
plz1@lemmy.world 1 month ago
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I mean, it certainly is an alternative to all three morons using discord as some sort of forum for an app or similar. The same way discord is the worst for easily searchable info like a forum is basically the converse for discourse. And exactly the opposite for real time chat obviously.
He at least mentions outright it’s a forum tool. The real problem is having to include it because people misuse discord.
Kind of like anyone using SharePoint for anything. It’s not meant for it.
SparkleVoid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why is SimpleX not mentioned anywhere in the article or the comments here? I thought it is similar to Discord. Am I wrong?
neblem@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Looking at its Wikipedia entry, it looks like a reasonable alternative, I hadn’t looked into it before.
Have you had the chance to try it out?
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Is SimpleX based on Matrix? I have this recollection that it is, but I don’t if it’s a false memory or not.
itsmistermoon@piefed.social 1 month ago
Not a single reference to Zulip either
Personally, I really want Matrix to succed though, hope this discord diaspora (?) gives them enough push to smooth their problems.IronKrill@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
itsmistermoon@piefed.social 1 month ago
shit I meant in the thread, I get my comment was confusing
carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It’s literally the 5th thing in the article.
itsmistermoon@piefed.social 1 month ago
yeah my bad, I meant here in the comments, I was thinking of the thread more than the article itself
QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social 1 month ago
Some other alternatives not reviewed: - Spacebar - TeamSpeak - Root