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RIP Discord: Self-Hosted Discord Alternatives Tested (TeamSpeak, Stoat, Fluxer, Matrix, & More) (i.ytimg.com)
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RIP Discord: Self-Hosted Discord Alternatives Tested (TeamSpeak, Stoat, Fluxer, Matrix, & More)
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[–] 26 points 7 months ago (12 children)

In my experience, Matrix has a lot of misleading functionalities that drive people into enough of a false sense of security to out themselves.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    That may be so, but my group of 4 has been using it for voice, text, and screen share, with almost zero issues. (Except a couple sync issues that fixed itself in a day) We are working on getting off the matrix.org server soon though.

    I'm surprised actually how good its been. I am sure the small glitch we had is because we are on matrix.org. need to move soon. My friend set up our room without me and didn't understand that you don't just use the matrix.org server ...explaining how matrix works is hard to non nerds.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I usually explain it like email, most people get it then. Doesn't matter if you're using @outlook.com or @gmail.com when sending an email, you can talk to users on either as long as you specify the server address (which is mandatory in email anyway).

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Yes same!! They just get confused on what a server is. They dont get that our room on matrix.org is not a server. And what is matrix vs their clients like element commet fluffychat..I try to explain its the client vs the protocol but then I get called a big old nerd 😁

    Discord warped a lot of minds on terminology.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    I'm curious as to what these are, as I'm setting up a matrix server right now.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Have you looked into https://element.io/en/server-suite/community ?

    I run my own server for friends and family. And there are more abd more optional addons that may have made that server suite a more sane place to start when selfhosting. I have not evaluated it tho, but thought you should know about it.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    Is the idea to make it easier? Cause I am also setting up matrix atm. I don't use kubernetes though. Or is the idea that it will be maybe perfectly aligned with the element client?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    Afaik there is a docker compose as well. It is probably all of the above. Alignment with elements seems like it just by the name. And easier setupbif you want all the bells and whistles you can add onto matrix.
    For some that might be a bad thingnif it exclude some clients. While other wsnt the features.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Why would it exclude some clients? Just protocols?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    What misleading things? I have been running a server for almost a year and no issues at all. All features of Discord work for me in matrix with the right setup. Hard part is getting friend groups to migrate, had decent luck but its an uphill battle for sure getting people to use another app/service. Power of defaults is strong

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    If you thought I was referring to ease of use, that's not what I was referring to. If you are treating it as just another Discord, then you probably don't have to worry about what I was referring to.

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