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Element/matrix I'm sure will get a boost. Many IRC users are wary of Slack and Discord
by twelvechairs 5y ago
Element/matrix I'm sure will get a boost. Many IRC users are wary of Slack and Discord
- jeltz 5y agoLibera's Matrix bridge seems to already work better than Freenode's.
- gpanders 5y agoIndeed, joining a Libera channel from Matrix is as simple as joining #channel:libera.chat. It’s much simpler and cleaner than the Freenode bridge.
- faeyanpiraat 5y agoWhat’s wrong with discord? It’s not a lot different from irc if you are using it for chatting in channels. Edit: okay I get it.
- abestic9 5y agoIt's not FOSS (neither client nor server), you can't control any of the infrastructure (and therefore guarantee any level of privacy), sovereignty of the data, the data itself, and policies for use which may not align with your own. All before you get into the technical differences in applications and protocols - good and bad.
- spystath 5y agoThe problem with proprietary chat services is that if, for instance, Discord pulls a Freenode you need to look for an entirely different app to migrate. With IRC or any federated network for that matter you point to a different server and its business as usual. See how fast everything moved over to Libera over the past few weeks.
- theshrike79 5y agoThe biggest issue I personally have with Discord is that everyone has a "server". And that server has 42 highly specific channels on it. And it has as many bots as Snow White had dwarves. ...and it has less users than channels. Discord should have a "lobby" server where every small group could have a (private, invite only by default) channel. After they have enough people they could upgrade that to a full server. But it's too late now and I already have 50 Discord servers on my client, of those maybe 4-5 have over 50 people on them. The rest have more channels than members.