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

[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.