Does anyone know of a Discord alternative?

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• masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yeah I think matrix chat is the way to go. Especially if you can self host. A lot of people are moving to guilded. I don't really know why because it looks to be centralization like discord.

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  • Spotted_Lady@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Thanks. That is not what I'm after. I am not a server geek and don't want to self-host. I just want an established platform like Discord, just without the homosexuals with the hooked noses running it who disgrace their ethnicity and religion, if they even observe it.

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    • masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Its federated so you can join any matrix server and people from other servers can join your space/room. Its just a matter of finding a server that shares your values.

      Its really the most discord like and the most censorship resistant. But like the fediverse can suffer from instances blocking each other and isolating people. ~~___~~

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  • Spotted_Lady@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I am not so sure:

    https://matrix.org/legal/code-of-conduct

    I would like to be in servers where offensive/"racist"/"homophobic" jokes are allowed. The above pretty much precludes that.

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    • realcaseyrollins ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I evade this just by having every room I'm in E2EE. How do they know if I'm being racist or homophobic if they can't read my messages? LOL

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    • masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Yeah you might want to find a more relaxed server.

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• iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Matrix

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• StoneGhost@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I've been using element.io with my friends for years now. Not as fully featured, especially with group calls, but we've found that it works pretty well. It has full encryption features too.

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• geartronic_zlito@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Xmpp is probably the best. Also most matrix instances are good.

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• sisefacoq@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  matrix is good, look on other servers for good rooms like midov.pl

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• Spotted_Lady@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  BTW, I don't want self-hosting. I just want a platform.

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• masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  xmpp is also another option

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• squashkin@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  i heard delta chat was good but havent tried it

  https://delta.chat/en/

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  • Spotted_Lady@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Thanks. That uses your email to work. I'm looking for a site you go to, set up a "server" or "room" on the site, and use it there.

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• realcaseyrollins ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  homebrew computing forum

  What if you ran a computing-based Lemmy instance? That would be nice!

  Others have suggested Matrix. Matrix is indeed nice. However, it doesn't feel quite like Discord, due to a lack of audio and video calling features. I think Rocket Chat might be the closest thing to what you're looking for.

  • Spotted_Lady@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I am not one for self-hosting or setting up servers.

    Yes, I tried Element as a front end to Matrix. You can do voice and video calls from there (at the top of the screen, though probably not as part of a community, but who knows, you can likely invite folks into it). You can choose a black screen like I have in there. You can also send files, but it is in a different place.

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  • masterofballs@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Matrix has audio and video chat

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    • realcaseyrollins ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Isn't that through Jitsi tho? From what I've heard it can be pretty janky, I'd never recommend using that.

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