Do you think that the fediverse has something to gain with the enshitfication of discord? Are there voice chat programs in the fediverse that can benefit from it?

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[–] Fake4000@lemmy.world 88 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Why not promote matrix as a substitute?

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's unfortunately barely usable, the responsiveness and features of discord are unmatched, in my opinion

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I wouldn't say barely usable, but it does have a long way to go before it could be a replacement for discord, that's true

[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 26 points 11 months ago

No screen sharing or even video calls iirc. Soo many people use Discord to watch stuff with their friends or to play games with their friends. Matrix is more of a irc replacement imo it doesnt have any gaming focused features and the Forums on discord are nice too

[–] Blaze@dormi.zone 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Matrix video call support is still in beta IIRC? https://call.element.io/

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

just came out of beta afaik

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I haven't tried matrix yet. What's a good instance I can create my community on and bridge with my discord? For gaming communities.

[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

For Discord like communities, I'd also suggest using Element as the Matrix client. It's pretty similar to Discord. Also, you'll need support for "spaces", which are like Discord servers. Rooms = channels

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can try out matrix.org and can always move it later

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

I guess, but I don't really want to contribute to the centralization all on the biggest instance