Discord alternatives? - eviltoast

Discord is banned in Turkiye. The reason is some data theft, blackmail, AI montage photos, etc. As usual, our government made the easiest and most illogical move :)

I am looking for an alternative platform to talk and chat with my friends. Which platforms do you recommend?

The ones I tried:

  • Revolt: Voice chat is not stable. They do not accept new registrations.
  • Matrix: Unstable overall.
  • TeamSpeak: ancient interface. We can still try it.
  • XMPP: It has an old interface like TS. Not sure if it has voice channels.
  • Your recommendations?
  • pisturko@lemy.lolOPEnglish
    341·
    2 months ago

    My client shouldn’t be bugged when I enter a room with a long history, right? Right?

    • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
      331·
      2 months ago

      Hey, they’re fixing that. Soon. Really. Any day now. For reals!

      (That’s the #1 thing that makes Matrix utterly unusable for me: if there’s more than like, 10 messages, it’s a game of is-it-broken-or-is-it-just-crap.)

      • dan@upvote.auEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        I’ve found that Conduit handles it a lot better than Synapse does.

      • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Tbf, they actually are. Element X and the sliding sync are ready I think. If the server and client both use it, I think you can use it today. Or maybe the whole matrix 2.0 where that’s all integrated isn’t pushed into main/master yet. Im any case, I read it was ready maybe a few weeks ago.

        • DiabolicalBird@lemmy.caEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          Element X is still missing a lot of features, “ready” is an exaggeration I feel

          No Spaces support in particular is a dealbreaker for me

          • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Ahh, good point. I have only been “testing” matrix for a year and haven’t enabled sliding sync so haven’t bothered using element x yet.

            Well then theyre right- one day it might get done. 😄

            • kurcatovium@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              It will be done the same year when it’s finally “year of linux”… Sad, but seems to be the case.

          • mikemrm@lemmy.mrm.oneEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Agreed. Element X and sliding sync don’t support sso yet, so I’ve been unable to try them :/

            Once those are added I’ll be excited to give them a shot.

            I currently use matrix and element with many bridges as my sole chat interface and it’s very slow. So I look forward to speed improvements.