I use discord extensively. I’ve been on lemmy for over a year. Heck, I’m on a server that got pulled together in lemmy. I’ve seen a lot of complaints about discord, but nobody’s actually ever condemned me for using it.
I gave element / matrix a try recently. It’s a very different use case, as (AFAICT) it does not support multi-channel rooms (or whatever you call it). The closest analogue would be WhatsApp / Telegram / Signal.
Also, multi device login is wonky as hell, took me 20 mins of repeated attempts to get it working.
I use discord extensively. I’ve been on lemmy for over a year. Heck, I’m on a server that got pulled together in lemmy. I’ve seen a lot of complaints about discord, but nobody’s actually ever condemned me for using it.
Let me be the first one. It has nothing to do with FOSS or decentralization, I just think it’s a shit software.
Afaict, it doesn’t really have any major competitors. No, if I have to self host, it’s not a competitor
Using discord or self-hosting matrix/XMPP is a false dichotomy. One can join the already established servers available for either protocol.
I gave element / matrix a try recently. It’s a very different use case, as (AFAICT) it does not support multi-channel rooms (or whatever you call it). The closest analogue would be WhatsApp / Telegram / Signal.
Also, multi device login is wonky as hell, took me 20 mins of repeated attempts to get it working.