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submitted 1 year ago by Kalcifer@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

On the side bar it lists the following:

  • [Matrix/Element]Dead
  • Discord

"Discord" is an active link, but the Matrix link is completely inactive. Not only is it inactive (which could have be excused as a broken link), but it is also manually labeled as "Dead", as if there is no intention of making it work. How can a community that is focused on privacy willingly favor a service that is privacy non-respecting when a perfectly functional privacy-respecting alternative exists?

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

In addition to adoption, it takes time for the usability to catch up.

Right now Signal is just as good (IMO better) as Messenger usability wise, but that wasn't always there.

Matrix needs some time to iron out those issues

[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I agree to an extent, but usability is not a sufficient condition for mass adoption. I think Lemmy for end users is just as usable as Reddit was, at least for me it is. But people don't want to leave their communities.

That's why personally I have a Discord still. There are too many communities I am an active part of on there to abandon Discord outright. Plus all of my friends and family are on there, and I've already approached some them about switching and they all have said the same thing I just did.

I wasn't ever super invested in Reddit, so it was easy for me to abandon it for Lemmy, and I vastly prefer the communities here. Discord though is a different story for now, unfortunately.

this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2023
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