Fucking hell, this again.
Listen, you people need to realize a lot of people are here on Lemmy because Reddit screwed them over, not because Lemmy is open source or less of a privacy issue or whatever your reasons for using it are.
So you hate Discord. That's fine, you're allowed to! But pitching a fit because everyone else doesn't hate it isn't gonna convince anyone to stop using it.
I don't hate Discord, but I do hate that they seem to require my phone number. I tried joining Discord over a year ago. Upon first log in they claimed that there was suspicious activity that required me to verify the account by giving them my phone number. This was from a computer, I never even visited the site on my phone let alone use the mobile app. I gave up and forgot about until a few months ago and decided to try again. They still wanted my phone number, email wasn't good enough. I contacted their support email and was told that there was no other option but to provide a phone number and that they couldn't override it. So I told them to delete my account and that I would never use their service. It took two weeks for them to do it.
There are very few situations in which an app needs my phone number in my eyes. And a chat application is not one of them. Just like I refused to use the official Reddit app because it wanted access to my contacts and location. I am not a super privacy nut, but the whole hog approach of gathering my info is not acceptable. I would rather pay for the service. I would have paid for Reddit if they had gone that route rather than dropping 3rd Party apps. Instead I'm on Lemmy.
So fucking hell yes, this again.
There are alternatives to Discord.
Especially since this thread is about removing the pinned post. And a lot of the people downvoting are from other instances, they don't even see it pinned it's just 'discord bad'. Which is literally the top comment in this thread.
If I may, we are all probably alt juggling at the moment, the fact that you see people interacting with account from other instances does not mean the people don't have an account on LW
Yeah I'm here because I like the alternative to Reddit's bullshit.
I couldn't care less about Foss. I mean it's cool, but it's not why I'm here.
Reddits bullshit is the end case for ANY product or service that is not FOSS.
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
You should care, or else you will go through reddit all over again and again.
I think at the very least we could have an open source alternative along with the discord. No reason to completely shutdown the discord.
Discord is horrible
Even Discord issues aside, it just seems strange to have a proprietary software used for a platform as open source as Lemmy.
It would be as strange as having a Twitter account for the instance.
Especially since there is already a lemmy.world announcement community..
Which is our main platform for announcements and the discord server is just to complement LW not to replace any of it.
Not hating, just was confused by the shift. I missed the piracy defed announcement because I didn't realize there was the discord announcements too now.
I know, didn't take your comment as 'hate'.
But that won't happen again. Should have been on LW first but with a DDOS happening the admin decided to put it on discord first.
Just wanted to be clear with how emotionally charged these topics have become for so many of the users here lately..
And didn't even think about it being in response to the DDOS attacks. That makes sense.
IMO that's being too fanatic. I love FOSS, but you don't have to use FOSS for absolutely everything. Making a FOSS product does not mean you need to use FOSS for everything. And sometimes the closed source options are simply the best. Eg, GitHub and Discord are widely considered the best options in their field.
Also, at least before Twitter became such a shitty alt-right shit hole, many FOSS products did have twitter accounts! That's just part of promoting your product and providing an alternative place to contact and discuss. Eg, when Reddit went down, I'd usually check their twitter to get updates on it.
What people don't get is that self-hosting a Discord-like is not a solution. The idea is to have a fallback in case the server goes down, and Discord serves that role well.
Can't we just have an IRC room on somewhere like Libera, please?
Or if we really need images and stuff, a Matrix room would be sufficient. Or an XMPP room..
I wonder whether matrix and/or matrix bridge has been mentioned before. Maybe discord + matrix bridge is a good enough compromise for reachability.
Discord is a horrible company, it should be avoided at all costs, why is it being advertised over Matrix?
In my opinion users should be made aware of those channels instead.
Why care so much. Nobody forces you to do anything, don't like it don't use it and you can still enjoy Lemmy World. The entitlement is a bit much honestly.
Edit: for some perspective. This comment currently has 23 downvotes, only 5 of them are from Lemmy World users that actually see the local pinned post.
But this means that the community chat will be in discord. If I want to chat with other members in this community, I need to join discord.
So it would be better if another option would be advertised
If you're so upset about out-of-instance interaction, just defederate altogether from all other instances. Turn into Truth Social. Or close the server. Jesus, just take criticism with grace.
I have hated discord so much and for so long. It collects all my data, controls and censors servers, and its run by shitty people who keep their shareholders close by.
I use Matrix and it has the potential to be a lot of fun (use a frontend that isn't Element and it gets way better) but it has limited instances. Yeah, I'd be extremely grateful if Lemmy communities had Matrix Rooms as opposed to Discord Servers.
Sure, Lemmy does not offer end-to-end encryption by default, which means that your messages could be intercepted by someone who is able to access your ISP's network or the Lemmy server. A red flag for me is the fact that Lemmy stores some user data on their servers, such as your IP address and email address. This data could be used as breadcrumbs.
Lemmy may not sell user data to third parties, but what about the servers? There have been some security vulnerabilities found in Lemmy's code. These exploits could result in servers being hijacked or user accounts compromised.
So, what does all this mean? It means that it is your personal responsibility to take steps to protect your privacy and security when using Lemmy. This includes using the encryption feature, being aware of the risks associated with using Lemmy, and carefully evaluating the privacy policies of any platform before you use it.
I know it's a lot to keep track of, but it's important. Your privacy is your business, and it's up to you to protect it. So take these things seriously, and don't let anyone take your privacy away from you.
About the concerns with Discord:
Creating a post saying, 'everyone else does it' and locking it is funky in my book. I, like you, I am all about transparency and understanding. I fully understand your anxiety, and it is a bit warranted. I am not trying to sound like an alarmist.
On the subject of Discord, it is amazing and disturbing how much data is curated and harvested. Their business model is quite mysterious. No one really knows what their real motives are. Discord shrouds itself and does not provide clear and concise privacy audits or statements on the subject.
You are concerned about your privacy, and rightfully so. Lemmy is designed for privacy from the ground up when used properly and only with encryption functions enabled. Discord, on the other hand, unfortunately has a stranglehold on the instant messaging backbone.
CVE-2021-29465: This vulnerability allowed attackers to overwrite any file on the system with the command results. This could have been used to steal user data, install malware, or take control of Discord servers.
CVE-2021-29466: This vulnerability allowed attackers to read local files from the server. This could have been used to steal user data, such as passwords or chat logs.
CVE-2021-34491: This vulnerability allowed attackers to bypass Discord's rate limit, which could have been used to send spam or DDoS attacks.
CVE-2022-22936: This vulnerability allowed attackers to take control of Discord servers by exploiting a flaw in the Discord Token Generator.
These are just a few examples, but I would be lying if I said they were not patched. That being said there is no telling how many zero-day security risks are out there at this time, so it is important to stay vigilant and ask the hard questions to ensure that your privacy is protected.
Lastly, you could totally start a community here on .world for Discord alternatives. It's a easy breezy lemon squeezy way to find people who are also into privacy and security.
Yeah, just use matirx!
Think what you want about Discord, but it has a different purpose than Lemmy or Matrix. It's mainly a real-time chat application (with voice on top if you want). Nobody chatting on Discord will create a Lemmy post instead, two totally different forms of communication. That's like complaining back in the day why the forum you use has an IRC room pinned.
Their business model will leave you completely dumbfounded as to how they exist.
Does it? Look up Discord Nitro, they charge a lot of money for basic functionality (like being able to share your screen above 720p, use custom emojis on other servers, promote your own server, ..). They rake in plenty of money, no need to sell your data for that (which they at least say don't do based on the terms and conditions).
Currently there is no good alternative to Discord for actual chatting. Lemmy doesn't offer a chat function (Though the chat on Reddit was crap too). Mastodon is not a chat, it's a Twitter alternative. And IRC has always been crap where 9 out of 10 people just idle and you don't have a chat history.
Matrix itself works fantastically for chat, we use it to coordinate conversations for kbin. It's like a non shit version of discord (minus the video / audio support I guess)
Currently there is no good alternative to Discord for actual chatting.
Matrix?
Show me the numbers, against non paying users, infrastructure, and overhead. I don't see this as valid. I also don't agree with your tale on collecting and sharing data. What I read a couple of years ago was extremely vague and verbose. It also had the fuck you we can change this at any time without telling you clause. AKA, the points don't matter so lube your butt plug because this is proprietary and you should know better clause. They are another company built on exploitation with no transparency or documentation. "Trust me" is garbage. Show me exactly what you are doing with full transparency, or you are a criminal. This is real world 21st century common sense. Discord is garbage.
You sound very angry at a piece of software. You don't have to use it, and you can block the community/user that posted the thing you don't like.
Take a breath and don't worry about it, for real. Not everything in life is for you, and you won't like everything you see, and that's fine. It doesn't make your feelings invalid, but you can't let it get to you < 3
This is an admin post. A mod blocking admin is unsustainable misalignment
Yeah, I was wondering what that was doing up still.
Don't care, tbh. I would prefer if people would be less uptight on these things. Let people have Lemmy and Discord, if they want. They'll get there, if we stop being dicks to people who are still finding out.
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