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Question: Is there a Self Hosted Discord like app? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 4 months ago by Vaggumon@lemmy.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Pretty much what it says on the tin, but for more context. My friends and I use Discord to play D&D and other TTRPGs. We also use it to send memes and just have conversations. We mostly do the chat, text, images, gifs, etc. But we also use the voice and video chat pretty regularly too. Screen share sometimes as well. So I'd like to try to find something that has all those features if possible.

The new ID or facial recognition requirement they are implementing is a deal breaker for a few of us, and so if I can set up some kind of alternative to make it a non-issue, I'd like to.

I'm running Ubunutu 22.04 LETS, AMD 3700X, 64GBRAM, 10x 6TB HDD, and and 2 4TB NVmE. Have a 2gb up/down internet connection. So I don't think we should have any issues making it work smoothly for 7 people.

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[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 104 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The main issue is you'll never get the cretins that use it off it. Communities.. they're just sitting there burning the library of alexandria.. all the esoteric knowledge they're "putting on discord" is just gonna vanish.

over a billion in vc funding and discord is as shit as it is.

[–] xvertigox@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As an archivist and data hoarder I hate discord with a burning, visceral passion.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are there any groups we can join as archivist / hoarders?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's funny you mention the VC funding. As far as I can tell, it's only made it worse. Discord would have done great if they just kept expectations low. Instead, they're now expected to create massive returns. That must come at the cost of consumers. I hope consumers get tired of it and leave, or someone else comes offering the simple service Discord used to provide.

[–] Limerance@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, enshittification of Discord has started a while ago, and it’s becoming worse.

[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 months ago

Mmhmm, its also not early round funding so.. where are they gonna get 3bn to pay back their investors? Or even break even at 1bn?

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it worth preserving though?

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

So much tech support has moved to Discord. That's worth keeping around.

[–] Limerance@piefed.social -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Call them cretins all you want, Discord in a great piece of software and very powerful. The usability is better than most others.

[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Its a usability and information discoverability is a nightmare and its continuously probing my system in ways that I don't want it to.

The usability is complete and total ass unless you've grown up knowing no better.

Edit: Also, its full of toxic ass communities with stupid little kingdoms they've set up.