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I've seen this article and I find it unhelpful.
Why it's signal on this list? Signal is a sms replacement, not a discord replacement.
My research has found... Root - rootapp.com Stoat - stoat.chat Matrix - matrix.org
Root and Stoat appear to be the closest to Discord.
Do note that Root seems to be VC funded just like discord so that might just be the same thing happening later down the line.
Stoat isn't federated so they also have the issue of running costs but they do seem to have that figured out already (currently donation funded, apparently some user friendly plans on how to deal with costs should they exceed the incoming donation)
Stoat doesn't have screensharing yet, which is a dealbreaker for me at least
I've seen this mentioned multiple times even for Matrix (which does have Matrix Call). What do you mean with "screen sharing"? Just sharing your screen during a call?
What else could it mean?
I dunno. It seems like others have another interpretation of it. Like how people have started saying "side loading" instead of installing. As if "installing" means something different.