Starting in early March, the platform will place every account into a default “teen-appropriate” experience unless it has proof that users are adults.
The move has brought widespread criticism from Discord users, who are citing privacy and security concerns following a recent breach of a third-party vendor that ended up exposing around 70,000 government ID images used to verify the age of Discord users.
sure they’re leaving but…where? what’s a viable alternative?
I mean if I had it my way everyone would just go back to IRC, I still use IRC. it’s great, nothings changed, it’s perfect. combine that with like mumble or teamspeak and you’re good to go.
I checked out Stoat lastnight and it’s very slow. took well over an hour to get a verification email (I assume because many others were signing up) and the current server offerings are minimal. Also a good majority of the themes listed simply don’t work. it’s growing and I’d say it’s the best alternative right now but it’s not there yet and I worry it or the various instances of it could hold up if there was a massive Discord exodus.
Matrix is a no and xmpp ain’t much better.
Can I ask why matrix is a ‘no’?
Personally Matrix has been kind of annoying to set up. I tried it around last year and after a bunch of issues creating an account (email link wasn’t working I think) I used it for a little, then all messages became “could not decrypt” and I gave up on it
I’m moving everyone to stoat. I’m not an expert, but from my perspective and use needs it’s functionality the same or slightly better in every single department. Things are laggy currently but that’s because they didn’t expect a wave and they’re being really transparent about their efforts to accommodate that. As for content, I’ve never used discord as a social media, I use it as an organized group text and team speak for gaming. I expect public servers will become more viable with the swell in users though.
Last time I tried to play around with Stoat, I never even got a verification email, so taking an hour sounds like progress I guess? I’ll have to try again.