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Discord’s secret weapon against open source competitors (it’s PluralKit) (medium.com)

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Why are FOSS platforms like Matrix having such a hard time getting users to migrate from Discord? Because of PluralKit.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago

Sure, but that doesn't mean Discord's "secret weapon" has anything to do with PluralKit specifically.

Discord is popular compared to both commercial competitors and eg. FOSS projects like Matrix because of a variety of different factors, usability being one of the biggest ones. Accessibility may well be a factor (even a big one), but attributing all of that to just PluralKit honestly seems a bit short-sighted