Comment on Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• sandbag@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Root? What’s that from what I’ve heard a lot of people are moving to stoat.

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  • IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Intro to Root that I watched Root app’s website I made a Root account and run it on NixOS through their appimage. I’m waiting on my friend to get it so I can test the voicechat and screen share but so far it’s functional and has 2 awesome features that Discord doesn’t have.

    Reply to more than 1 comment with only 1 of your messages. Tabs on the top similar to a browser, it’s just more natural for me than the sidebar shit.

    In the mean time I’m still probably gonna make a Matrix incase Root ever decides to pull a Discord.

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    • REDACTED@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Plus I just don’t like the name “Stoat.” xD “Get on Stoat bro” Sounds weird.

      This is actually the main reason I believe most of these discord alternatives have zero chance at becoming mainstream. Name is 75% of the success. Just think about it.

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    • SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Real question, what stops Root from having the same problems as Discord?

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      • IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        For now they’re really incentivized to not be douchebags to grow their company, at least for the a year or two imo. Which is plenty of time for people like us to figure out how to host our own shit so we don’t have to decide whether we want convenience or privacy/security.

        But I’m still hopeful for Root just like I’m hopeful a company like Steam continues to stay decent.

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