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> Discord has been decent for a while. I suspect enshittification will commence soon, so we should be on the lookout for an alternative over the next five years
by SubGenius 3y ago
> Discord has been decent for a while. I suspect enshittification will commence soon, so we should be on the lookout for an alternative over the next five years.
For folks who want to move their communities to a publicly accessible Matrix server, I'm building Shpong [0]. Heavy WIP obviously.
The trend of moving to closed-off spaces is bad for the open web. I'm hoping we're able to reverse it, despite everyone wanting to close things down due to AI panic.
[0] https://shpong.com/shpong https://shpong.com/shpong
- bytefactory 3y agoThis looks amazing! I'm somebody who quite enjoyed the Discord interface, although I don't use it much. I'm glad you're building something like this, it'll definitely scratch the need for an open alternative to Discord. I completely agree about the trend of closed-off spaces being terrible. I'm heartened by the number of open-source and open platforms that have picked up the mantle.
- wise_young_man 3y agoThis looks like a really cool project. Is it open source?
- SubGenius 3y agoYes it is. https://github.com/commune-os/commune-server/ https://github.com/commune-os/commune-server/