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1st Feb is #GlobalSwitchDay (media.piefed.social)
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Today the first of Feb is Global Switch day, Spread awareness of the Fediverse in your communities.

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[–] WeavingSpider@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Is there a federated version, either in the works or planned? Because otherwise, Stoat is the only option.

[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yes

Matrix

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Matrix just isn't up to it. It doesn't feel like Discord at all. It hasn't taken off in any meaningful way.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

None of those really "feel like" the things they're replacing. I don't really even think that should be the goal. They occupy the same space, though, and the infographic would look stupid if it showed all the options in some category, so they just picked a popular proprietary/centralized one, and a popular federated alternative in the same category. In this case discord is a popular chat app, and the most popular federa chat app afaict is matrix.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago

True, Matrix is going to win currently by default of there being no other alternative, but it just isn't being used in the way Discord is even if you assume a smaller scale.

[–] other_cat@piefed.zip 3 points 15 hours ago

Roomy says they plan to integrate federation in the future, though it doesn't have it now.

https://itsfoss.com/roomy-discord-alternative/

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

No.

Other alternatives are Root, not federated.

There's also Roomy in development which is federated, and will tie into Bluesky.