Does anyone here use anything other than Discord for chatting? What exactly and how much?
“use” is the key word here, I’m interested in actual usage, not just the names of alternatives that I already know
Boosts are welcome. Thanks for answering
I switched to matrix some years back, but it was too much upkeep for my non-tech family and friends, so we mass switched to Signal. I never used discord, but I’ll date myself by saying I’ve used IRC, MSN, and Skype in the before times.
I replaced Discord with Fluxer and use it for all my gaming groups. Several hours per session weekly.
I’d love to use Fluxer, sadly I haven’t had luck with getting any of my friends to switch over yet.
Since I’m the GM of said pen & paper groups I didn’t give them any other choice but to move to Fluxer. ^^
Same. People just love to sit in the boiling pot.
Excuse me it’s called a hot tub. :3
Then they aren’t your friends.
People actually use discord?
Yes. I still use it because the last time we checked it was the only one with xbox integration for the xbox players in our small friend group.
Everything over a dozen people sucks in discord, but it is still great on a small scale for gaming communication.
Fluxer, Matrix, IRC and Telegram… each is used by different groups, so I’m stuck with all of them.
I use Matrix through a couple of different apps. It works very well for the few communities I’ve joined there.
My college has a mandatory server that you choose your roles for every semester to enter your course chat, where you get your homework and reminders of assignments.
when i was uni they forced us to use some obscure social media specifcally for college students, people barely could connect that way. when there was still other forums around, and Y/answers.
That sounds nightmarish.
I think its honestly a lawsuit waiting to happen. They make us use our full legal name. Someone is going to get stalked or a professor is going to start getting fresh with a student.
I mostly just use Matrix and Teams.
I’m not spazzy enough to force others onto whichever platform I have deemed to be superior.
So I use whatever other people are using, which is normally discord or telegram. In the past I used Team Speak and Messenger for a while. I just rotate through profiles and practice other forms of digital hygiene
Mostly Signal with friends and Matrix for various FOSS stuff. I’ve installed Discord recently because a potential employer hosts their communication there
Signal mostly, my circles know I’m chronically offline and thus not on big social platforms. The folks who don’t move to signal know my number and text/call me as needed which isn’t often or super sensitive because the rest of the conversation usually happens in person ¯\(ツ)/¯
ETA: I also have a couple contacts on Simplex, at their behest not mine. Not a fan of the voice/video quality to be honest but it’s fairly secure at least
We use Fluxor with a bot that bridges our Discord (SFW) and Matrix (NSFW) servers. We’re hoping to migrate fully to Fluxor, but for now we are bridging the gaps.
Matrix, Fluxer, Stoat
IRC and Matrix here. Through a self hosted ZNC and a self hosted Matrix instance with bridges.
I use Matrix with a group of friends that I persuaded to move from Discord. We still use Discord’s voice chat, but now that Matrix is starting to have something similar, I might try to get them to use Matrix for that too. So, the usage here is just general groupchat-like stuff.
I’m also in the process of moving the student council I’m in from Discord to Matrix. Once that’s up and running, it’ll cover groupchats, coordinating and announcing events, channels/rooms for various courses, and discussing/organising the various things the student council does.
I’m using Sable which is a Matrix client and so far it has been great. I haven’t used discord in over a year now.
