I have a privacy news channel on my discord server because I'm desperately trying to get my folks to switch to Matrix, it hasn't happened yet but maybe it will now.
this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2025
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And just like that I uninstalled the app, never to login again. It wasn't that important for me anyway.
consider requesting a GDPR data request, and when that's completed a GDPR data deletion. the former mostly to have a backup for you, you can skip it if you don't find it important
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I just made a post on discord about this, and I link to alternatives such as a matrix group, signal chat, my YouTube channel, etc. if I am locked out, then I hope my followers can follow me to the new place, whatever that is.
Please give me a federated, self-hosted Discord alternative! I'm tired of these bullshit platforms.
Not federated, but Revolt can be self-hosted and is very similar to Discord in the look and feel from what I have seen (I have it installed, but haven't tried getting friends to install it and am not hosting). So it could be worth looking into for folks that are used to Discord.
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I quit discord a year ago for Matrix or XMPP. never looked back.
No.
Weird, I recall Lemmy being so happy when Australia pass the "social media ban" for kids thing. Guess Lemmings forgot stuff like this also impact adults.
I don't remember it like that at all. I saw lots of complaints about the privacy impacts and how ineffective it would be.
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