abadideaFeb 12

So You Want To Write An Open Source Discord Replacement

Things you don’t need:
- federation/distributed systems
- multiparty end-to-end encryption
- an entirely new operating system kernel specially designed to—

Things you DO need:
- a user interface that is Normal
- the ability to use languages other than English and writing systems other than Latin
- higher standards of user experience than how irc actually works in the real world
- any fucking clue how Discord works and why people use it

I have muted replies to this post due to the usual reasons

Show threadlj·rkFeb 12

@0xabad1dea

> - any fucking clue how Discord works and why people use it

I think this puzzles me most. I just... don't. I tried, multiple times. I don't get it.

> - a user interface that is Normal
> - higher standards of user experience than how irc actually works in the real world

... which is also why I wouldn't agree here, because I find Discords UI horrible :'-D

But so is Element's etc. whelp

Show threadKatar Jin -> Home*CAW*Feb 12
What's so hard to get? A chat and voice program where you can share your screen with only a few clicks. Before you needed like 4 different applications to do that and most of them were..not that good or you had to pay for.
Show threadlj·rkFeb 12

@katarjin.bsky.social @0xabad1dea Idk, I dislike Skype but it did tick those boxes as well :'-D

But it's mostly the UX. I find the threads and channels and idk everything very... overwhelming. I never find the stuff I wanted to reply to.

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@ljrk @katarjin.bsky.social @0xabad1dea
I'm with you. I didn't/don't get Slack, Discord, Matrix (and neither IRC). I understand group chats but as soon as they get busy I'm completely overwhelmed and feel left alone by the tools
Feb 12 at 11:29amWeb
Show threadlj·rkFeb 12
@realn2s @katarjin.bsky.social @0xabad1dea IRC I can work with (I use Halloy), but only smaller group chats ^^'