Privacy @lemmy.ml Kalcifer @lemm.ee 1y ago

Why does this community, which is privacy oriented, use Discord rather than Matrix?

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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Omg fuck discord so much
- I don't understand why it's so popular... It's a fancy IRC that's centralized by a single company
  
  Because it has significantly more features than IRC and it's dead simple to spin up your own "server" where you aren't beholden much to "admins" or whatever.
  
  fancy IRC
  
  IRC was already "caveman playing with sticks and pebbles" a decade before discord became a thing. It's really not a good point of comparison and questioning.
  
  Discord became popular for one simple reason: anyone could make a server, share it with a crossplatform link, and others could then try out that link without installing anything. In other words, it became popular because it literally copied Slack and because the Skype era was atrociously bad customization and ease of use-wise compared to the preceding.
  
  Every time I see Slack/Discord et Al. described as such, I wonder if any of these people actually used any of those. By use, I mean actually try out its features, not just treating it as IRC ("just" channels, messages and DMs for text convos).
  
  I hate Discord with a passion, but pretending like it's just "fancy IRC" is IMHO pretty absurd.
  
  If you legitimately don't understand why it's popular, you are seriously out of touch.
  
  Better moderation tools
  
  Easier to do voice/video channels
  
  Easy to create your own server
  
  Huge amount of useful bots created by the community
  
  Features like replies, threads, onboarding screens, and custom emotes
  
  Don't get me wrong, I wish that we could use a FOSS platform instead of Discord, but 1: people are already using Discord and it's hard to get everyone to switch platform, and 2: there is no comparable alternative right now
  
  I use it because some of my favorite games for the Nintendo DS that has Wiimmfi support use it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  
  Too hard to regrow the, already tiny user base in those cases.
  
  Just got whiplash from hearing Wiimmfi outside the mkwii community
  
  Yeah, seems like it is only for MK for Wii, as it shows in the always decent active users count, but it supports many games, and I use it mainly for Metroid Prime Hunters and Jump Ultimate Stars.

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