• Sanctus@lemmy.world
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        Probably not. Revolt is pretty bare bones but the customization is great. No video sharing.

        Matrix is not something you can just set up with no skills.

        But Guilded’s story is exactly the same as Discord’s just one chapter behind.

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          Matrix is not something you can just set up with no skills.

          not everyone needs to host their own server. just choose an existing one that’s not matrix. org (which is basically overloaded)

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              “your own discord server” was never a server, just a blatant lie, or “marketing” term. in matrix spaces are the equivalent (or similar) feature

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              Isn’t replicating this the goal of spaces? How are those doing on matrix?

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                It is, you aren’t wrong. But the invisible eye of corporate Discord is not the same. Discord makes you feel like you are in your own space. I found from the servers I am in on Matrix it feels, decidedly less like that. Revolt is a 1 to 1 replacement for discord that is lacking a lot of features. I’d push people to that over Matrix if they are used to discord and just want that again. I’m not even gonna mention Guilded to people.

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                  Yeah I can see what you mean. Even if it is just a sectioned off bit of the glob of discord servers, a discord instance does feel like an island in a way that a matrix space does not. Last I remember using them it was still a little messy in ways that felt strange too. The real struggle is having folks to check them out with considering many of my friend group already had to be talked into trying discord lol.

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                    Edit: I think I read two comments at once. I dont have the brain capacity to sort it out sorry.

                    I get that but that isolation you get in the “server” you make on Discord does make people feel they are on their own island. Especially tech illiterate people. You can get the same in Matrix. But the way Matrix does things is just different. And it feels like the spaces aren’t as isolated. Maybe thats just because I have only experienced Matrix through the admin side and Synapse