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[โ€“] Klear@quokk.au 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

There is no alternative because the software is irrelevant. The communities are what's good about it, and the alternatives don't have that.

Sure, if you want to start a chatroom with some friends, you can do a lot better than discord, but if you want what used to be discussion boards on specific topics, you're stuck with discord as that's where everyone went.

[โ€“] Dojan@pawb.social 3 points 12 hours ago

Again, be the difference. I harass companies over mail because I donโ€™t want to fucking use Discord to get project or order status updates.

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