@stephanie @crse that looks really promising! thanks

@crse xmpp is closer than matrix (in that it has user status messages) but both are severely lacking in a whole host of ways:

* slick reliable UX (matrix sync is still laughable)
* guilds/servers
* voice "channels" (not calls!)
* easy custom emotes
* server side moderation/rewrite history - absolutely ridiculous to have to wait for delete events to federate
* all the other moderation tools, roles, permission management, anti-raid/spam mechanisms

The UX and reliability is really what matters though, i have a bunch of friends who all use discord and won't be willing to leave unless the large and small communities they're a part of do as well... We don't necessarily need feature parity today but we need something good enough to get early adopters

heck pmOS uses matrix and we would benefit hugely from having custom roles to help identify people and let us quickly reach people who maybe own or work on a particular device for example

soo where's the foss federated discord alternative at?

spacebar and stoat seem to still be a ways out, having something API compatible (spacebar) that makes it easy to port over bots and use existing clients sounds extremely promising (mobile apps maybe a lil harder but still very achievable)

but oh boy both these alternatives are so not ready for the main stage...

Is anyone looking at getting these projects funded?

#discord #foss #federation