Getting sick of Discord? Wish you could take charge of your digital communications? There's a good alternative, and the grass is greener on the other side......

cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/41552188

sorry if self promoting isnt allowed! i had a look‎ and couldnt find anything against it. i made this video for those looking to join matrix - please check it out if youre interested!

Getting sick of Discord? Wish you could take charge of‎ your digital communications? There’s a good alternative, and the grass is greener on the other side…

  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
    331·
    5 days ago

    Matrix has a lot of problems, some of them inherent to its design, including leaking metadata of encrypted messages to any server that participates in a chat room (this metadata includes the time the message was sent, size, sender and recipients of messages).

    I personally think Movim is the better option that’s actively federated, while Fluxer is also promising if it successfully implements federation as well.

    • ollie the otter ~ 🦦 (they/them)@pawb.socialOPEnglish
      31·
      5 days ago

      yes there is problems for sure, that metadata issue is one i shoulda touched on in the video. i do think things can improve though, and im a very optimistic person :P

      im not sure xmpp is as ready for people coming from discord to move to it, but i also recognise that as much of a pain as its been in my experience, equally as much as with matrix, things can improve!

      • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
        5·
        5 days ago

        Movim in particular is the most suited for a discord replacement in the XMPP space, as the dev implemented discord-like channels with rooms. It also has group video calls and screensharing with audio (must use a chromium browser for now to share the audio).

        It is still clunky compared to Discord, but that generally applies to most of the alternatives 😅