#discord IS LITERALLY THE PROBLEM!

• It's worse than any #IRC, #Mumble or even the old #TeamSpeak & #Skype for that matter.

• It combines the disadvantages of #Forum, #paywalled #documentation, #chat and #voicechat with 0 redeeming qualities (unlike #Zulip & Mumble & #XMPP+#OMEMO) it's just an #InformationBlackhole!

I'm shure fecking #dread has better moderation and I'd rather use #MicrosoftTeams + #Slack cuz those at least have proper #moderation tools.

• And I'd rather subscribe to the #LKML and see my inbox getting hosed than using any shitty #SaaS!

Case in point: I'd rather #SelfHost all my comms infrastructure than to ever use something like Discord or any other #GDPR-violating SaaS that is just enshittification.

I'd rather recommend people to instead choose a tool that does everything but horrible to go with multiple smaller & good tools

• Public Chat? IRC!
• Group Voicechat? Mumble.
• #Documentation? #mkDocs-material.
• 1:1 Chats? XMPP+OMEMO.
• E2EE Group Chats? #deltaChat.
• E2EE Calls? #WebCall.
• Filehosting? #IPFS, #BitTorrent, oshi.at, etc. ...
• …

Check @alternativeto and @european_alternatives for options.

As #Microsoft prepares to phase out #Skype in May, it might be a good idea to try out #FOSS alternatives such as #Mumble, #Jitsi and @bigbluebutton for voice/video conferencing. Specifically for Mumble, I have my own server at mumble://gianmarco.gg open 24/7!

If you voice chat you NEED this mic.

https://subscribeto.me/videos/watch/bb0d6e5f-637d-437d-ac7b-3894caa8db1f

FYI to folks who use Discord.

There is a new(ish) Beta feature called "Clips" that allows your voice chat audio to be recorded when someone else is recording streaming Clips while voice chat is active.

However, it's on by default. You need to opt out to turn off said setting.

Here's a screencap so you can see the setting, this is from the browser version of Discord.

For more context, here's Discord's summary about Clips: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/16861982215703-Clips

#Audon is great! I tried it out a few hours ago and I love it! I get to talk to people from all different places and #Mastodon seems to be the place to meet some very friendly folks who are different from me so thanks #Audon, for helping the platform become more #Accessible for #ScreenReaders because #Blind people love #VoiceChat.

I love talking to #Europeans. It's so much fun getting to know what its like living in different countries. I especially enjoy #VoiceChat. It's so much fun! I hope I get to talk to some very awesome #Australians next! I love you beautiful people, all of you, because you're all so cool and friendly and that's really all I ask for.

Regarding my last boost I just found out about this website and I thought I'd join in so if y'all wanna know what I sound like, I'm available to chat.
#Mastodon, #VoiceChat