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Yesterday I came across a thread where people were asking about Discord alternatives and there it was - glorious Revolt which looks great. Now Iam wondering if we as a community could / should create an Revolut server where we can discuss stuff in real-time. Maybe even coordinate movement of European goods from one country to another - for example I've seen demand for a Kofola in next-door countries like Germany which could be easily faciliated. Also I could vice versa use import of products from other countries into small-shops where I know owners. What's your thought ?

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[โ€“] flamingos@feddit.uk 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Most places on Lemmy will use Matrix as it's federated unlike Revolt. There's even a link to one for here in the sidebar (that I apparently wasn't a part of before).

[โ€“] doodledup@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why does it need to be federated? It's European just as well.

Also, having tried Matrix: it's terrible. The UI is really bad. Calls and Screenshare is not functional.

[โ€“] scholar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

IMO matrix isn't intended to be a Discord alternative, but UI wise there are lots of choices of app each with a different UI.

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dunno why this isn't widely used. I never managed to set up matrix properly, but XMPP was a breeze. Does XMPP allow servers, though?

[โ€“] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

It doesn't have servers with a bunch of channels unfortunately, only group chats :(

[โ€“] doodledup@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Matrix is terrible as Discord alternative.