I see it's once again time to post this: https://taggart-tech.com/discord-alternatives

[hackillu@mas.to]

@mttaggart Nice! I thought about discord alternatives too!

[maswan@mastodon.acc.sunet.se]

@mttaggart FWIW, we've been using rocketchat for years at work with about 100 users and we haven't missed any of the paid features yet. The biggest downside is how hard they push you towards their "plans".

[cogdog@cosocial.ca]

@mttaggart You had me (discourse mangler/wrangler) at the opening meme.

Be more distracted.

[32x33@mastodon.sprawl.club]

@murdoccc We miss you too, bro!

[pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social]

@mttaggart Huh, Stoat is that bad? It's the one I'm seeing people recommend.

[agreeable_landfall@mastodon.social]

@mttaggart @janeishly I've never understood why people like Discord. I've always just used Jitsi. Simple, and FOSS licensed, so I can run it on my own server. You need to be careful with security, but I usually just start it up and shut it down as needed.

[resuna@ohai.social]

@mttaggart

If Discord gets a 4/5 for functionality then something is fucked up, it's an appallingly bad piece of software that gets in the way more than anything else. It's a disaster.

I would rather use phpBB and an IRC server for chat.

[codinghorror@infosec.exchange]

@mttaggart I am in this picture AND I LIKE IT p.s. https://blog.codinghorror.com/launching-the-rural-guaranteed-minimum-income-initiative/

[airakose@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@mttaggart one major concern I have with Discourse is how loudly pro-AI they are. Billing OpenAI as a major customer, pushing for "AI leaders", and their AI bot integration

That's probably worth reevaluating their security over

[mttaggart@infosec.exchange]

@airakose My instance has no AI to speak of. I don't really see how one implies the other.