Snoo about to collect downvotes like pokemons
Comment on Can we please unpin the proprietary off-site/off-network promotion of discord
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What people don’t get is that self-hosting a Discord-like is not a solution. The idea is to have a fallback in case the server goes down, and Discord serves that role well.
antik@lemmy.world 10 months ago
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 10 months ago
An admin complaining about downvotes doesn’t inspire confidence in the running of the instance.
Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 10 months ago
it’s a joke, if you didn’t notice
Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Uh He never said it has to be self-hosted though, so this already sounds like a strawman argument. Only one who has mentioned self hosting in this thread is you.
People want something that is secure and respects privacy, they could simply use the Matrix channel, or create their own Matrix space specific to lemmy.world , both of these would be better options for the users than to try and get them to use Discord which is a proprietary corporate service that is not only prone to security problems but also has some serious privacy concerns due to being corporate owned.
NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 10 months ago
A fallback for what? Discord is a chat program that usually devolves into garbage memes and off-topic nonsense instantly.
Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
It’s so there admins can communicate when the server is down. Would you rather they use Twitter?
Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Mastodon?
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
which instance?
Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Don’t we already have a Matrix Channel for that? Even if they wanted a lemmy.world specific Space it’s still Far better than proprietary Discord. I mean isn’t it already encouraged to link Matrix for secure messaging, why not just use a Space on Matrix for lemmy.world support and communication.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why not use IRC in that case, like normal Internet persons?
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This… Is somehow different from Lemmy other than the chat vs forum aspect?
NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Are you asking me if night is different than day?