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[–] me_myself_and_I@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hope there is a mass exodus from discord!

[–] mrlemmyhimself@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Where should we go? So many game dev communities are only on discord :(

They'll offboard too, if they know what's good for them.

[–] me_myself_and_I@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Other people have been recommending other apps and websites like Stoat and Team Speak though I am sure that a new app will use this opportunity to go viral.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, let me know when it does. I'll hang out with the Teenager Lock enabled and keep my biometrics to myself.

But there's no point changing social media ecosystems if nobody I know is in the new site.

[–] mrlemmyhimself@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is teenager lock? How can I safely engage with this stuff idek

[–] MufinMcFlufin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Discord has some information about it in their press release about this:

https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globally

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

What is teenager lock?

Discord locks your account to the security level considered appropriate for a teenager.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

already making plans with my battle group t move to team speak 6, which is only an option because they now have screen sharing

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you considered self hosting Matrix?

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

yea, but with the video streaming team speak seems better equipped for gameing, at the cost of the federated capability of martix, but i am not sure what these benefits would be

[–] me_myself_and_I@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good that there are alternatives but I bet that won't last for long. More and more apps will copy this.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Or just get bought out. Discord was supposed to be the answer to Twitch getting gobbled up. Then Microsoft gobbled Discord.

Does anyone seriously believe there's an indie third party social media site immune to a multi-million (possibly even billion) dollar buyout offer? One that won't go the way of TikTok and be legislatively forced into sale?

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Does anyone seriously believe there’s an indie third party social media site immune to a multi-million (possibly even billion) dollar buyout offer? One that won’t go the way of TikTok and be legislatively forced into sale?

federated platforms

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Federation is easy. BlueSky is federated, ffs. You think Jack Dorsey would be shy about selling his Twitter knock-off a second time?

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago

Bluesky is poorly federated

Lemmy is excellently federated:

  • Its users are split across many instances with no majority
  • Lemmy, PieFed, and other instance software exists, preventing anyone from seizing control of the network software
[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i mean… i will pay the license for it, AND i have to self host it, so they have a monetary scheme that will delay the need for enshitification. but it’s 5$ or something, and reportedly has better audio quality, faster transfer rates, and lower overhead then discord. and because i am hosting it, i will have complete control over it and its white list