Comment on Can we please unpin the proprietary off-site/off-network promotion of discord
inspxtr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I wonder whether matrix and/or matrix bridge has been mentioned before. Maybe discord + matrix bridge is a good enough compromise for reachability.
CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 10 months ago
To get the privacy benefits wouldn’t you need to forego bridges?
inspxtr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have never hosted a bridge before so I may get things wrong. Please correct me where I do.
I assume this channel may be public, so any privacy concern needs to take that into account.
In terms of implementation, I was thinking that there would be 1 channel hosted on discord and 1 room on matrix being bridged together.
The benefit is that users of matrix and users of discord can participate in the same conversation without having to create an account on the other service. That way, matrix users don’t have to create a discord account or download discord app, which would be a good outcome in terms of privacy.
hexagonwin@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have matterbridge set-up on a private chatroom with few people between IRC, Discord and Matrix. The delay is significant in some cases and I encounter a few bugs as well. Plus, by having a Discord chatroom in the first place, most people are probably not going to join the other side. We shouldn’t even promote Discord usage.
inspxtr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Damn that’s a shame but I remember reading something similar about time delays with bridges. While I agree that we should try to stay away from discord, I still believe bridges, if working properly, can at least be a compromise. Maybe some folks over at discord could switch over due to the interactions of such bridges.
ninchuka@lemmy.one 10 months ago
Yeah never consider public rooms to be private, who knows whether there is a bit logging every message sent or whatnot
inspxtr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
true, it’s more about the service provider that users trust. For example, some might be less comfortable with creating Discord acc, which sometimes requires a phone number to be associated. I’d also venture a guess that some users may not be comfortable with Discord logging their IP address or certain metadata captured when they log in to their Discord acc.