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When The Threadverse Catches You Using Discord (media.piefed.ca)
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jump on rake down stairs then fails meme. Joins the fediverse. Doesn't use enough foss. Rejected by the community.
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[–] 61 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

I'd imagine gatekeeping based on a percentage of FOSS used isn't going to win many hearts and minds in the long run for our communities. Imagine if the Linux community decried using the Steam Store on FOSS operating systems.

If the tool is best for the job, people will use it. Our role is to make FOSS that tool in each category.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Yeah, and in terms of usability Discord alternatives are really quite substantially behind Discord in terms of functions.

    I don't think the same is with Reddit and Lemmy/Piefed. The distance is not so vast.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    Having used Discord, it's hard to see how anything could be behind it in terms of functionality, since "using nothing" is literally an improvement over Discord.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    If you want to make a comprehensive chatroom, and specify how it works to minor details - Revolt (for instance) is far behind. If what Discord is doesn't appeal to you in the first place, then neither would any of the Discord alternatives.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    IMO that's the very reason why the FSF failed to gain significant traction over the years. Using a 100% libre device is HARD, even if you really want to. But yeah, gatekeeping is never gonna be helpful to push people towards better habits...

    However, I would politely disagree with the "best tool for the job" argument. I believe that FLOSS software is an inherent quality, and that some degree of trade-off is acceptable, and even needed if we want to further promote it. Like, is Darktable worst than Lightroom? Sure, but it's an awesome piece of software with minimal trade-offs for most people, so I think it's still meaningful to promote it above a potentially better software for the job, feature-wise but that requires to give up all freedom to Adobe.

    Eventually that limit of acceptable trade-off is matter of personal choice, and again, it sound silly to gate-keep people on the Fediverse for that...

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