SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoIt's scary to even say anything.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkIt's scary to even say anything.lemmy.worldSugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-220 hours agoSkill issue? Have you used discord? You might as well say why use Lemmy when Signal exists. It’s just not a replacement. Haven’t used matrix though. Is it encrypted? Does it have the forum functionality of Discord?
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours ago Haven’t used matrix though. Is it encrypted? Does it have the forum functionality of Discord? Yes and yes.
minus-squarexpey@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoStill waiting for Stoat (aka Revolt) to kick in because Matrix is too complex to bring my friends over, and also lacks cool Discord features like bots
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoMatrix definitely has bots.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoThanks I’ll have to check it out.
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoIt’s more-or-less a self-hostable Discord clone (but there are plenty of public instances you can join). There are also Matrix bridges that let you join chats on other apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc.
Skill issue? Have you used discord?
You might as well say why use Lemmy when Signal exists. It’s just not a replacement.
Haven’t used matrix though. Is it encrypted? Does it have the forum functionality of Discord?
Yes and yes.
Still waiting for Stoat (aka Revolt) to kick in because Matrix is too complex to bring my friends over, and also lacks cool Discord features like bots
Matrix definitely has bots.
Thanks I’ll have to check it out.
It’s more-or-less a self-hostable Discord clone (but there are plenty of public instances you can join).
There are also Matrix bridges that let you join chats on other apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc.