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Starting in early March, the platform will place every account into a default "teen-appropriate" experience unless it has proof that users are adults.

The move has brought widespread criticism from Discord users, who are citing privacy and security concerns following a recent breach of a third-party vendor that ended up exposing around 70,000 government ID images used to verify the age of Discord users.

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[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm not threatening, I'm gonna do it. We'll see how my game jams go after this. I doubt my entire community will follow me.

Edit: I downloaded Element X for Matrix, and it seems to only be capable of creating a single chat similar to WhatsApp. Tried to download Revolt, and I cant get that one to even send me a verification code to my email. Starting of strong here...

[-] yes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Matrix allows you to structure rooms pretty similar to Discord. It's called a "space" that can then have rooms. Also Sub-spaces with more rooms. You can then manage access by inheritance or really granular on a space / room level. E.g. hidden / public rooms and spaces.

A few notes though:

  • If you can create a space / room might depend on the Matrix server you are on and what capabilities the server admin gives you.
  • There is always the option to completely self-host your Matrix instance - like Lemmy, Mastodon, etc. Depends on how tech savvy you are and if self-hosting is worth it to you ( can mean a ton of work).
  • I am not claiming Matrix is a full on Discord replacement. Discord has it's advantages, but so does Matrix if autonomy, privacy, security are important to you. Matrix does have also neat features and bot-ability... but it's clearly not as easy as Discord. Good enough for many FOSS projects / communities though.
  • IMO one key concept (besides decentralization / federation) that can be hard to grasp for new users is the concept of the recovery key that you get in addition to your username / password. Also does not help that there is "legacy" Element and Element X which add some confusion as they differ a bit in functionality.
  • Personally I really like Matrix. Cinny might be an alternative client that might appeal more to you than Element. If you are into self-hosting tuwunel might be worth a look (or matrix synapse if you want to go with the OG server implementation)
[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Revolt is now stoat.chat. And I think they might be getting a little slammed with new users.

As someone who made an account a while ago, no issues so far.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
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