If Discord is going to be abandoned by people, I wish we'd go back to proper forums that's much more accessible and searchable. Continuing down this road is just going to lead to the continued burying of useful information behind these services.

Revolt isn't federated, encrypted, has no video chat, claims privacy but that claim seems to be simply because they are based in Europe. The layout is nice and ui is better than element but that's the only upside i see. I hate the matrix client ui's and chat sorting options.

I really hope indie gamedevs start moving off Discord. Sometimes it's the only source for finding help or reporting bugs.

In addition to the mentions that this isn't encrypted, doesn't have video chat, etc, it's also difficult to set up with little documentation and an enormous tech stack. They also had some recent controversy about open source licensing that gives me a bit of worry. I decided to go with a self-hosted synapse server.

Just switched my friend group over to Matrix. Honestly looked at Revolt, but no federation was a non-starter. Convincing friends to leave is hard enough, unfortunately being locked into a single server was a non-starter. It's too bad, they have a great UI, but I think they should have left the backend to trusted protocols.

So why not matrix?

Is revolt federated?

It would appear there is a character limit to the password that is not disclosed, nor prohibited, while creating your account.

No thanks. One more centralized service to enshitify. Will stick with Matrix.

In terms of desktop applications, looks like Element and Revolt look pretty comparable these days. Mobile app Revolt looks better to me. Matrix seems way more established considering downloads of Element (there's numerous Matrix applications) on Google Play and FlatHub

its kinda useless without Voice, TeamSpeak however is making excellent progress. im hoping we just gi bsck to forums and stuff like TeamSpeak and vent.

Is it e2e encrypted?

I just went through this tree about a week ago. Downloaded the app for iOS to try it and would say it wasn’t ready for mainstream. It looks very similar to discord but it just consistently would crash or send me back to the website in order to get anything done. Even the main channel for Revolt would hang and not load properly. That and iOS is on TestFlight… not gonna work well for non tech enthusiasts who know how about it. That

I have a small server on Discord and would love to move it. But the people on it aren’t super tech savvy and the replacement will need to work. Plus, I have less desire to go from one centralized service to another, especially when the backup doesn’t work well. Wish Element would get it together with the phone app and make spaces appear as they do on the computer. That and stable call/video channels.

It would be nice to see a capable app built on matrix platform. Or just another capable platform that has a well working app. Just my two cents.

I did notice the recent developments in discord. If discord starts putting ads in their platform I might switch

I will continue using element, signal, and simple x instead. They have all the security and privacy features this product doesn't.

Is there a way to puppet a discord account through revolt like there is on matrix? There are a lot of communities I am in that I need discord for.

Discord is too big at this point for people to leave it. I've never heard of revolt until now, I don't see a need in switching because of a new CEO that hasn't done anything yet.

I wanna give it a go but it's way too buggy

For the record RetroDECK also got Matrix instance as well. But Revolt have so far been more active then Matrix (even tho we had that one for a long time).

But I do agree with that Discord is not a replacement for forums. You should not use Discord as your primary information hub.

For us our own wiki is the master of information. If something relevant is said in Revolt / Discord / Matrix we will add it to the wiki, people should not need to register various accounts to access the information.

Github is also where we handle "real" issues, while Discord / Matrix / Revolt is helpful for community members helping other with minor issues or general banter.

One reason why forums died out was the need for direct engagement and a sense of active community belonging, that they simply did not offer.

We also did not create all of these spaces from the beginning. Some community members did it, like the subreddit. Then you have a choice either you create it and own it, or a fan will.

This thread is depressing: https://www.ntaskmanager.com/blog/discord-alternatives/

Mumble’s fine for VC. Lemmy&jabber anything else.

Saying that the client is FOSS, but the server is proprietary, I like saying you have a chastity belt - with a ventilation hole in the back.

You finna get effed in the a.

I'm failing to find any info on how they are funding the servers in their website.

Revolt to Discord is what BlueSky is to Twitter.

Just another continuation that can (and will) enshittify.

Damn, that's... quite the line up of Steam Deck related devs, shit.

Welp, I'm convinced.

But is it made in Rust ?

No?

You chaps gotta tick all the buzz-words!