100K Users - Revolt
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Breaking the 100K Milestone!
  • SFaulken@kbin.social
    3·
    2 years ago

    In general, while it makes for convenience for end-users, I’m just not interested in hitching my buggy to another “single point” social media platform.

    I already have a Discord account, I don’t really need to sign up for a Discord clone based on a “Trust me Bro” sort of guarantee that they won’t enshittify it in the future. Because nothing really stops the Revolt developers (and I’m not trying to imply any evil intentions, or even plans on their part) from deciding to accept VC money, or just sell the whole thing outright to $corporation_with_a_dumptruck_full_of_cash, and there’s not a thing that a User can do about it.

    It’s entirely possible that with Matrix, that an individual matrix server administrator (lets call it matrix.foo.bar) could get up to shenanigans, but as it’s a federated chat protocol by design, I’m free to take my custom elsewhere (matrix.bar.foo), and basically have the same access to all the things I did before. There is no single point of control, or failure for somebody to break, or sell.

    • Melon_Cooler@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      I’m honestly surprised how quickly discord has gone to shit vs. how long everyone I know was using stuff like Skype and TS beforehand.

      I also hate how people try to use discord as a replacement for more traditional forums (including stuff like Reddit and kbin) instead of as just a chat and messaging platform. It sucks at it, please stop trying to make it work for that people.

      • Jarmer@kbin.social
        3·
        2 years ago

        This is my biggest complaint as well, Discord is TERRIBLE for searching for informational posts and replies. Yet people constantly try and use it for that. Every time I see a “visit our discord!” When I’m just wanting to search a forum, I groan and just close the site. I cannot wait for Discord to die off.

        • dairokkan@kbin.socialOP
          3·
          2 years ago

          I despise subreddits who say “we are moving to discord”. The two platforms are nothing alike and never will be

          • Jarmer@kbin.social
            3·
            2 years ago

            like /r/iphone. It’s like “cmon people HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING” … moving from one collapsing private for profit corporate disaster to another

  • ScottyB@kbin.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’ve gotta say - I’ve been a drone for the past few years. In the past I’ve been really switched on for new privacy tech and ways to build my own network of my own data, but then in 2018 there was an accessibility explosion and for some reason I just stopped.

    So to be getting back into the game as a result of Reddits’ collapse and to see places like kbin/lemmy/mastodon thriving, then to see that Discord has a more decentralised competitor in matrix.org technologies and all of the clients being spawned off it. It… it just makes me feel good to be here again. Thanks for waiting for me.

  • LaRevoltage@kbin.social
    0·
    2 years ago

    Is this decentralised tho? Because that’s the only thing that matters, as long as it’s server based they can become like Reddit. I am not returning to centralised medias and messengers lol

  • eatmoregreenfood@kbin.social
    0·
    2 years ago

    Benefits over discord? I use discord to video chat with my out of town buddies. That’s about it. What are some reasons I should switch? This isn’t a loaded question btw, I’ve been a fan of FOSS and a free and open internet since I was a kid in the 90s. Grew up on anarchist punk and all. I’m just asking because I gotta convince the suits it’s better.