Comment on Discord Alternatives, Ranked

neblem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Some other alternatives not reviewed: - Spacebar - TeamSpeak - Root

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• plz1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• SparkleVoid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is SimpleX not mentioned anywhere in the article or the comments here? I thought it is similar to Discord. Am I wrong?

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  • neblem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?

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  • Croquette@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• itsmistermoon@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Either they edited it to add Zulip or you missed it. Image

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    • itsmistermoon@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      shit I meant in the thread, I get my comment was confusing

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  • carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s literally the 5th thing in the article.

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    • itsmistermoon@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      yeah my bad, I meant here in the comments, I was thinking of the thread more than the article itself

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