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[โ] Zagorath 4 points 6 months ago (4 children) Thanks, but that is a thoroughly unhelpful piece of advice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children) So keep fighting the corporate entity and keep making things worse by supporting them? I don't know what else to tell you. You have no control, so you get what you deserve by continuing to use it. And when you continue to use it, it keeps other people thinking they need to use it, and the pain continues. Its a classic it hurts when I do this, so the answer is "stop doing that". Do you really need discord to be your chat server? So to actually offer advice if you are determined to have a discord like experience: you could try Fluxer and if they implement the same restrictions you could try self hosting it. Editing to add: Fluxer.app as the url. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Zagorath 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I've already moved my gaming group to Matrix. But, and this might shock you, not every server I'm a member of consists entirely of myself and my close friends. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago Sure. And so it doesnt really matter then. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] earlstilt@feddit.uk -1 points 6 months ago Probably the best advice youโll get today permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children) So keep fighting the corporate entity and keep making things worse by supporting them? I don't know what else to tell you. You have no control, so you get what you deserve by continuing to use it. And when you continue to use it, it keeps other people thinking they need to use it, and the pain continues. Its a classic it hurts when I do this, so the answer is "stop doing that". Do you really need discord to be your chat server? So to actually offer advice if you are determined to have a discord like experience: you could try Fluxer and if they implement the same restrictions you could try self hosting it. Editing to add: Fluxer.app as the url. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Zagorath 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I've already moved my gaming group to Matrix. But, and this might shock you, not every server I'm a member of consists entirely of myself and my close friends. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago Sure. And so it doesnt really matter then. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Zagorath 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) I've already moved my gaming group to Matrix. But, and this might shock you, not every server I'm a member of consists entirely of myself and my close friends. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago Sure. And so it doesnt really matter then. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago Sure. And so it doesnt really matter then. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] earlstilt@feddit.uk -1 points 6 months ago Probably the best advice youโll get today permalink fedilink source parent