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[–] 16 points 6 months ago (1 child)

As a matrix user and a former discord user (4 years ago), i can say that matrix just sucks compared to amount of features even 4 year old discord had.

Unless there will be an alternative social networks which do all the basic discord features like: large communities, channels, voice/video chats, roles, bots; and it does it all well, than nobody will move off discord.

People would rather tolerate significant anti-features if software has lots of features, than tolerate lack of features despite not having anti-features.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Matrix can literally do everything you just mentioned. It’s clunky, but it works.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Thats why i said "and it does it all well".

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It does it well, it’s just clunky. It works perfectly fine, and I recommend it over discord ang day of the week. Except Tuesdays. Tuesdays I recommend IRC.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    If it's clunky, then it does not do it well for most users. All features might even work well individually, but the user experience is very important too for less tech-savvy people.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    It is no more clunky than discord was a couple years ago. Setting up a server is very clunky, but the average Joe doesn’t have to do it.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Careful: Discord misuses the word "server" to mean community, so a lot of Discord users here might misunderstand and think you just said the average Joe doesn't need to set up a community. (Of course, I'm sure you actually mean the average Joe doesn't need to set up his own homeserver instance, which is true.)

    | Discord term | Matrix term | |


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    | | server | space | | channel | room | | discord.com | homeserver (there are many) |

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