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You can always run your own IRC server. If Discord shuts down, then you're out of luck.

• neom 1y ago
  Indeed. Discord have really nailed the... ircd, if you will, for what I use discord for (community building in non-technical abstract user bases), it's perfect, terrifying, but perfect.
• immibis 1y ago
  You can run your own Revolt, Mattermost, or Rocket Chat server, which is basically Discord.
  • sneak 1y ago
    If you believe this you haven’t used Discord very much.
    • Nextgrid 1y ago
      You are right, neither of his proposed alternatives start you out with a sea of blinking shit and distractions all over your screen.
  • johnisgood 1y ago
    and Zulip. But they do not support video and audio calls, for one.