@roxy from what I understand it was made by some 22 year old who said he was inspired by what the discord engineers accomplished.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a passion/learning project that people just started jumping onto after the latest discord scandal
At least that's what I got from his blog post
> "During my senior high school years, I worked on early prototypes of what is now Fluxer. My final graduation project became that prototype, along with a technical report detailing what I'd learned from studying Discord's technical blog posts and architecture, and how I applied those ideas in practice."
Personally, depending on how the self hosting version turns out, that's where my friends and I are aiming towards going