• Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
    20·
    2 days ago

    Matrix just isn’t a Discord alternative flatout to me. It’s too different.

    We really do a lack a Discord alternative right now. I know of two major examples: Stoat and Root. Both centralised. This is offputting to many, altough Stoat is actually UK-based which could in theory mitigate concerns about US big-tech.

    The only down-the-line federated potential is something called “Roomy”, and I am following it - but it’s too basic right now.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      something called “Roomy”

      is that

      • Roomy, “a programming language extension for writing parallel disk-based applications”?
      • Roomie, " accurate 3D models of apartments and dorms, helping residents arrange spaces, collaborate with roommates, and shop for furnishings"?
      • Roomyy, " a tool that helps manage the hotel system"?
      • ro0my, “how to design an effective website for your hospitality software company, focusing on” blah blah ?
      • roOomy, “lifelike virtual staging that showcases properties in their best light, enh” realtor blah blah?
      • Roomy Technologies, "redefining the way businesses connect, transact and grow. Our next-gen Point of Sale (POS) system called Chow POS " blah blah?
      • Roomy space, a blank website mentioning chat that can’t even put a “we crutch on javascript because we don’t know better” banner? A pic below may be the same thing – it suits the broken theme.
      • Roomy, “a freeform communications playground for messages both big and small, fast and slow” … so … messaging with extra words.
      • https://github.com/muni-town/roomy, which seems to offer a discord bridge but crutches on npm downstream of the repo, and thus breaks ISO27002 and shatters the preconception of system-design competence?

      Or something else?

      I can feel my eyes bleeding.

    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
      2·
      2 days ago

      I use Matrix for a few different things, and I think the biggest thing holding it back is that it isn’t particularly user-friendly or refined. It feels like something that is more packaged for enthusiasts than for general audiences.

  • Mugita Sokio@lemmy.todayEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    I think Element is the most similar to Discord. I hadn’t used others, but Element seems to be the best approximation.