I'm glad nobody is mentioning WhatsApp as an alternative. They released usernames a few months ago, all messages are end-to-end encrypted, will add voice and video calls to WhatsApp Web, many people and companies have an account there already... It would be an easy migration, but awful for privacy. Thankfully, the most similar suggestions I found were Telegram and Signal.

I joined Lemmy for the same reason. After creating 4 accounts on Reddit and getting all of them shadow banned, I gave up. The only realistic way to use it is creating a new account without VPN, but I don't know if you can still get banned for "ban evasion".

Roblox is asking for the same thing to use chat in-game, but they split people in age groups (9-12, 18-20…), and you can only talk to players in your age group.

Now Discord users are furious and canceling Nitro. I wonder where they will go if the update gets released.

Now Discord users are furious and canceling Nitro. I wonder where they will go if the update gets released.