looks around at the fediverse uh we kinda already are…
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Hootz@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Can we just go back to personal websites and forums?
Also fuck discord use mumble
GnomeKat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Not exactly.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
but very similar
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
It’s still more like a townsquare with everyone talking than like a bunch of thematic pubs, so - doesn’t feel the same.
halva@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
please do show me a single messaging platform that can easily and sanely house a population of >50k people on the same server, and allows that for absolutely free, while providing reasonably high quality voice messaging and streaming with negligible latency
Laser@feddit.de 7 months ago
While discord doesn’t necessarily cost money, it for sure also isn’t free. In fact it’s the reddit problem but way worse. A proprietary non-searchable database with all content fully licensed to discord including the right to sub-license. At least, Reddit had an API and is still searchable through their public facing http. I mean I get people don’t want their group messages readable by everyone, bit for large groups, it makes sense.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
No it does not.
The Group chat is a chat.
The public chat is basically a never ending forum post with 100 pages.
Serinus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
IRC + Mumble.
We had these things in 2007
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Why would I ever want that?
I can’t think of a single instance where I want to be messaging 50k people at once
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
You’re doing it right now.
Silentiea@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I was gonna be like weeeell but the population of c/technology is in fact 52k so
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I am posting something publicly but I am not holding a conversation with all of you simultaneously
r_se_random@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Hence you shouldn’t use discord
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Matrix?
dai@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Discord is trash, had issues with a KBDFans product, something as simple as a search of a forum would have given me the solution. I had to talk to a human to get the required information. They sent me a link to a firmware to download and all was good.
If I was able to search a forum it would have been a 2 minute job, but I wasted someone else’s time, on the other side of the globe.
Silentiea@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Discord has a search function tho?
crazybrain@lemmy.spacestation14.com 7 months ago
And if you’ve ever used it you know how bad the search feature is. Case in point https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360043045592-Exact-search
lorty@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Join my discord for tutorials on how to setup your own static webpage!
Donut@leminal.space 7 months ago
Guilty, but I’m moving my guides to Lemmy!
Spaniard@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The self hosted movement should be bigger!
Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
What’s mumble?
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s even worse when open source projects point you towards their discord for questions and support.
It’s just a black hole for information
Nommer@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I hate that so much, especially when GitHub lets have your own wiki. It’s just lazy devs.
Damaskox@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Maybe the devs love keeping answering same questions over Discord? =D
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Naw, they just like to see that 60-70% unanswered rate for problems and issues. Makes for the best community support.
Highest effort, lowest reward.
Hootz@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Fucking feel that hard, I just nope the fuck outta there.