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submitted 8 months ago by Pra@sh.itjust.works to c/games@lemmy.world

Discord👏Is👏Not👏A👏Replacement👏For👏 Websites

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[-] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

If they REALLY want it to be like discord, why not use Revolt?

https://revolt.chat/

I don't understand.

One that really ticked me off was that "the legend of zelda ocarina of time" pc build "ship of harkinian".

I have never had such a tough time installing something. You have to do everything through their discord and it was a complete fucking mess.

[-] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

Just use matrix. Revolt is just giving your data to someone else for no reason. Like you could technically self host it but it's not federated like matrix

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I mean using matrix or any chat service is giving your data to someone else. What's the distrust with revolt?

Looking at their git repos it seems pretty above board: multiple open source clients by community members, APGL license, docker images and backend repo all pretty accessible in one place.

No hate on Matrix of course, but theres a few people who seem to have the ick for Revolt and I wonder if Ive missed something.

[-] moon@lemmy.cafe 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's not black and white like that. Giving information to two different clients is not equal. Just like signing up with Signal and Facebook is going to be drastically different. That being said, the issue work Revolt is it's not federated and the protocol isn't anywhere near as good as the matrix protocol. It's not bad per se, just not as good.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Fair enough, the federation of platforms like lemmy is a good protection against legal trolls for sure.

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago

Been using Matrix (Element) for a while and it’s honestly fine apart from the fact that almost no one uses it (Lemmy devs are a rare exception).

While it has many features of Discord while still being easier than IRC and encrypted to boot, I’m assuming the reason most people won’t use it is because Discord is simply more convenient. After all, that is and has been their main selling point from the beginning, aside from voice chat for gaming, which isn’t really necessary for dev communities.

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago

I don't know why, but I can't sign up for revolt. They never sent me the verification. Now they just know 2 of my email addresses making me double fucked if a data leak ever happens.

[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 8 months ago

It doesn’t work if you use iCloud or a custom domain with iCloud.

I ended up using Protonmail.

[-] misanthropy@lemm.ee -5 points 8 months ago

Get a custom domain with a catchall set up

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