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c/fediverse · by Teknevra@lemmy.world · 219d

I had a random (probably dumb) idea: Given the whole Discord Drama going on, what if there was a Discord alternative, but in the style of Lemmy?

Ie similar to how Lemmy allows users to create instances that are federated with each other, only this Discord alternative's instances wouldn't federate with each other.

Instead, each instance would be a complete silo, although instance owners would be given the option to potentially federate their instance outwards (ie to other federated platforms), if they wish.

Perhaps it could potentially be forked from the already existing Lemmy?

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/discord-alternative-search-10000-percent-stoat

https://www.zdnet.com/article/discord-age-verification-requirement/

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aion@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 219d (3 replies)

Like Matrix?

NightFantom@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 219d (1 reply)

Does matrix have decent voice chat these days?

Kirk@startrek.website · 11 pts · 219d

It doesn't have decent anything yet but it'll get there eventually. The voice chat is actually one of it's stronger points IMO.

Ulrich@feddit.org · 1 pts · 219d

No, this sounds nothing like Matrix...

Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 219d

Matrix?

slacktoid@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 219d

Check out matrix there's the synapse reference server but as someone who's run that for a while, I wanna run some of the rust ports for it like conduwuit or tunnwul. They seem more performant over synapse. Welcome to federation, it's a clusterfuck and it's awesome!

Hawke@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 219d (1 reply)

What are the critical features of Discord?

  • group chat with history and some degree of searchability
  • forums (but with more realtime features so it works a bit closer to a chat)
  • voice calling, including groups
  • video calling
  • screen sharing
  • mobile app with much the same features as desktop
  • web app, ditto.
  • “ownership” of specific spaces (“servers” in discord context)
  • solid permission setup for visibility (like “roles” in discord)
  • trivial startup effort

Other less-critical but still potentially important features:

  • markdown-like formatting in posts/messages
  • grouping of channels
  • intermix of “forum” spaces with “groupchat” and “voice/video” spaces

I don’t know of any that cover all of those, and ymmv on how critical some of these are.

ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 219d

Movim (an XMPP client) covers most of that. I think it's currently working on having a collection of rooms be in one channel, but it already has group chats, group video calls, screen sharing, and permissions in groups.

It doesn't have forums in it, but it does allow users to have blogs.

ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 219d

XMPP and Deltachat are federated (though not with each other). A person can self-host an XMPP or Deltachat server that can communicate with any other XMPP or Deltachat instance.

solrize@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 219d

Sounds like irc?

LiamTheBox@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 218d
  • IRC
  • SimpleX
  • Signal
greenbelt@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 219d

real time communication is over-rated. Just use "async" communication on lemmy.

Paragone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 219d (1 reply)

A post which seems to have disappeared, linked to this:

https://selfh.st/apps/?alternative=Discord

Backups/copies can be a Good Thing(tm).

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pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 218d
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finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 218d

Man, everything has to be instant these days. What about readopting the leisurely pace of bulletin boards?