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Good.
Discord is overused for help forums and wikis, which makes them extremely difficult to search and dependent upon third party software to be maintained. I hope this will force people away from that behaviour and back to good old fashioned messageboards that have been working just fine since at least the 80s
Americans- If you're thinking "this isn't so bad" please consider that all it takes is a teeny tiny, insignificant api added to the back end with absolutely no notice to users and suddenly the DHS has a database of dissenters, with cross-referenced IDs, photos of faces, chat history, link share history, raw uploaded photos, and approximate locations.
Say no to this. If you need a temporary alternative that's quick to get going, create a signal group chat with your friends.
☝️🤓 Discord said they're going to delete the data!
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The "someone" is referring to Discord, not you.
I dig your Netscape avatar
Discord said they’re going to delete the data!
Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining
What if they say it's lemonade instead?
They're already doing it to access the social security website.
Pain fucking ass but deleted my Discord account. Sure wish had a decent alternative. I see a lot of suggestions just don't which to try? Any that work great with Linux Debian?
Stop a calling this "age.verification" and start calling it what it is, "identity harvesting".
There really isn't a good alternative to Discord, sadly. Yes, I've tried Matrix
Ventrilo + signal
This? You're joking, right?
As a generational discord hater, this pleases me.
Potential alternatives:
Guilded
Element
Revolt
Telegram
Mumble
Session
Element or any Matrix client will be more than enough I guess. It already passed many stepping stones and has all the functionalities which discord users might want + open source
Guilded went to Roblox-only in 2025. I'd never heard of it until someone else mentioned it as an alternative.
Revolt is now called Stoat Chat. Some sort of legal issue apparently.
Anyway, for those who don't know, it's basically an open source clone of Discord. Definitely worth a look, probably where I'll my stuff now.
IRC :(
No voice/video calling, no screen sharing, no persistent chat history.
Sometimes you need to accept using more than one piece of software. And IRC can have persistent chat history.
Revolt is now Stoat
Revolt is Stoat now and it doesn't even let me verify my email right now.
they don’t arrest child traffickers and rapists.
No no, it’s the child at fault for being at risk around them.
One of my Discord friends has a stalker and can't get anything but automated messages.
Like this: spiritual advisory pastor to serve only 6 months after molesting a 12-year-old for years
Morris’s attorney said the molestation was her fault because she was “flirtatious.”
