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Not reviewed in this eval:
Some other alternatives not reviewed:
Spacebar sounded really promising when I checked them out years ago.
Unfortunately, seems like it’s still not at a point where it could cover basic Discord functionality.
Edit: I should be clear, I’m not trying to discourage it. I really hope it succeeds to the goal of parity with Discord! Love to hear from someone who has used it a bit.
Yeah, it was immediately clear based on the scoring that he was super biased toward Discourse. It's not a Discord alternative, and had no place in that list at all.
I mean, it certainly is an alternative to all three morons using discord as some sort of forum for an app or similar. The same way discord is the worst for easily searchable info like a forum is basically the converse for discourse. And exactly the opposite for real time chat obviously.
He at least mentions outright it's a forum tool. The real problem is having to include it because people misuse discord.
Kind of like anyone using SharePoint for anything. It's not meant for it.
Why is SimpleX not mentioned anywhere in the article or the comments here? I thought it is similar to Discord. Am I wrong?
Is SimpleX based on Matrix? I have this recollection that it is, but I don't if it's a false memory or not.
Not a single reference to Zulip either (edit: I meant in the comments on this thread)
Personally, I really want Matrix to succed though, hope this discord diaspora (?) gives them enough push to smooth their problems.
Zulip is literally the 5th thing in the article.
yeah my bad, I meant here in the comments, I was thinking of the thread more than the article itself
Either they edited it to add Zulip or you missed it.
shit I meant in the thread, I get my comment was confusing