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European alternative to Discord: Stoat.chat (stoat.chat)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
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It's also made to be decentralized. Seems voice chat works already. Screenshare and video chat don't seem to be released yet, but I was told that if you host your own instance, you can turn them on (vidchat and screenshare are probably still in beta/are experimental features I assume). UI layout is comparable to Discord.

Me and a friend are considering installing an instance on the server our peertube instance is installed on.

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[โ€“] [S] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Roles, "bot" that automate certain jobs such as custom role assigning, radio/music "bots", screenshare you can do without needing an external program to do it, videochat without needing a bridge to Jitsi to do it, easier organization, easier embedding etc. You can't do shit on current Matrix frontends except for messaging and maybe voice chat. I would put Matrix frontends closer to Teamspeak or Slack than Discord. If you are seriously asking that question, I suggest you familiarize yourself with Discord instead of making assumptions.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Well I don't need any of those additional features, so I'm gonna go ahead and not.

    Matrix works fine for me. If you want all the bells and whistles, then I suggest you learn to code and make it yourself.

    I wasn't "making assumptions," I asked a simple question. No need to be condescending.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 4 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Well the problem is that every time I ask for or offer an alternative to Discord, I get people saying "Matrix" and they become increasingly condescending ALL THE TIME.

    Why can't people just come into a thread and say "oh cool another alternative to choose from". Instead I get "That's dumb. Matrix is all we need." or "Matrix is better than Discord" by people unfamiliar with Discord.

    I am just fed up.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Well I clearly said diverse options are beneficial, so this isn't a case of someone saying "Matrix is all we need." I simply asked what the difference was, literally giving you an opening to explain your position

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