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[–] hkwln@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

did you tried it, what is the experience like?

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly, it's almost a drop-in replacement as far as UX is concerned. The challenge is the lack of existing communities, which could be overcome if a whole community joined.

[–] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

the self hosted version is a bit broken right now, I hope they fix it, but I tried last night and couldn't get voice to work. Really want an alternative to discord

[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

no pressure to the stoat team but I hope they put focus on the selfhosting part

[–] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

much pressure! I want it to work!

[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

understandable, I suggest contributing to the project if you can