Once Discord enshittifies, lazy devs won't be able to say "follow our Discord for updates!" anymore.
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2025
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lol what, Discord enshittified years ago.
I’m a lazy dev and want to get ahead of this, where should I post my updates?
Github (and alternatives), Fediverse, Reddit, Matrix
Maybe a blog like homepage powered by Cloudflare or Github
On whatever platform(s) you sell your games. The key is not expecting someone to sign up for a different service for your updates.
Or just have an open forum/place where you don't need an account to get into some walled off bullshit.
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We need a decent replacement for this, stat. Once they go into IPO mode it's gonna get real shitty, real fast.
Matrix for chatting, when we need voice chat we use ts3. Been using it for so long now, I don't understand the problem why people dont use it
You can integrate Jitsi to your Matrix too. If you have a client that supports it, you get both chat and voice in the same place.
We need fast voice chat though, i play tournaments for cs2 and apex legends. Haven't tested jitsi speed yet vs ts3 or mumble, which was the main reason we never used discord to start with
I must admit I've never reamly benchmarked any voice chat application. One advantage Jitsi does have is the ability to do p2p calls, saving a couple dozen milliseconds of transfer time compared to going through the server. But how fast is the software itself? No clue.
I feel like it's been shitty for a decade.. personal view though, clearly people like it
Edit: well, for almost 10 years, maybe 9.
It isn't even a decade old... anyway, it got market share for a reason. It was immediately a big step up from other free offerings in ease of use, UI, and eventually in features too.
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Fuck IPO imminent
There guess the chat app.
Bro got replaced by some ex-Activision-Blizzard MBA zombie. Humam got 86’d/golden parachuted from Blizzard after only <2 years as “Vice Chairman”. Then a 1-2 yr gap.
Humam about to get another massive bag once labor force is cut, platform further enshittified, and corp books are sufficiently cooked/prepped for IPO.
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Wait, there's actually humans working at Discord? I thought the entire thing was run by bots.