It’s good?
Comment on FLOSS communities right now
BaardFigur@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Seriously why did the cancer growth called Discoord suddenly dominate everything.
Evotech@lemmy.world 7 months ago
BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
It’s terrible for secure/private communications, it requires hacks that violate the TOS and EULA to modify the client to get rid of ads and change themes, it’s not FOSS, and it locks features behind a paywall…
But it does what skype already did, so I’m glad we all have to migrate to the new fad site that strips even more of our dignity and privacy every 10 years that’ll die anyway because it offers nothing and has a terrible business model.
Evotech@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And forums was very good for secure communications?
gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It really isn’t. At least not for what most people try to use it for.
_number8_@lemmy.world 7 months ago
it makes me download 5 updates whenever i launch it then it looks just as shitty as before
rainerloeten@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s better. Not good. Better than other tools, at least in the eyes of the many people using it. But as I stated at another post, to me this speaks to the fact that we need better FOSS alternatives for whatever purposes discord is used. I don’t like Discord either, don’t get me wrong! But so many people using it means something’s missing and I don’t think it cab solely be explained by the lack of knowledge of existing solutions but at least partly by the existence itself.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Matrix is there :p Ready to use (i think it’s missing call and video options)
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
its missing all my friends inside of my computer though!
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
For video calls, there is Jitsi integration.
exocrinous@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Discord’s #1 unique feature is pluralkit
Umbreon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
People act like the alternatives are any better but they really aren’t. Sure don’t get me wrong it sucks that you typically have to scroll through useless info to find what you’re looking for, but I put that on the server owner, you see the same issue on most forums too. Discord brings huge audiences that you wouldn’t normally see in small communities. It’s free, easy to setup and access, has a mobile app with toggle-notifications(and maybe just my settings but I’ve never gotten an ad notification or anything I haven’t purposely toggled). People here are acting like you have to start using it as your primary messaging app and that you can’t just take your messaging to another platform if your worried about chat logs.
Evotech@lemmy.world 7 months ago
There’s zero way dishes would become so popular if users didn’t like it.
The fact that it has chat, voice, streaming, automation, accessible api and oauth.
I mean please, these foss people can downvote all they want, but it’s a good application for communities.
histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
uhh sure buddy
Evotech@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Literally the most popular community platform. People are clearly choosing it because there are much better alternatives out there
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 7 months ago
“millions of flies can’t be wrong!”
technom@programming.dev 7 months ago
It’s bloated, filled with features no one needs for straight-forward work, has a somewhat obtuse UI and is buggy as hell. I don’t like Matrix much more than Discord. But even it has far fewer problems. I don’t know in which universe Discord is considered as ‘good’.
Fudoshin@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Remember IRC!
psmgx@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We use slack at work so I don’t just remember it, I use a fancy version
ono@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
My guess: The kids who used Discord for gaming grew up, and just went with the familiar thing when starting new communities and projects.
Also, Discord did heavy marketing early on, until it carved out a network effect. So here we are.