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TLDR: The r/selfhosted subreddit has a Discord server. The owner's account got hacked leaving the server in a precarious state. They submitted a support ticket, but Discord has not taken action in weeks and probably won't at all, so they are considering starting a new Discord server.

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[–] senorblackbean@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Stoat chat has been a good Discord alternative.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 11 points 4 days ago

last i checked it was very difficult to run your own instance (including voice chats)

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What advantage does it have compared to Matrix?/IRC?

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It mimics discord, so functional voice rooms with screen sharing, text channels, and so on..

[–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Matrix has all that these days too

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I have not seen a matrix voice channel ever in any of the servers ive seen. Also using element.

[–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Join different servers then? Not sure what to tell you.

I use element and I am in many different matrix servers with voice rooms. I host my own as well, voice is done via livekit which makes connecting via MatrixRTC very easy, and is easy to setup and host.

Those same voice rooms support webcams / video, as well as screen sharing.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So voice is done via a different software not matrix?

[–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Matrix is a protocol, its all through some other software. Livekit is just a good and easy webrtc server that you can tie in with something like synapse

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So the matrix protocol doesnt have voice like I thought.

[–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, it does. Like I have said, that part of the protocol is called MatrixRTC. It is not a hack, or a mod, or third party.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 days ago

I am mistaken an incorrect then. I'll have to try it out one of these days.

[–] dragonlover@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

I literally use matrix voice for my d&d group every week lol, just join a server that has voice

Only thing I dislike is the lack of software based noise cancelling is a bit awkward but very managable

[–] roundabout@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

It’s worked okay for me so far as well. The mobile apps aren’t super stable yet and notifications don’t work but it works for what it is right now. I do miss the stability of discord but I’m not going back

Fluxer as well. It has iOS and Android apps in beta too.