FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agoDiscord would have made a better name for a decentralized network and Matrix would have been better for a private company.message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareDiscord would have made a better name for a decentralized network and Matrix would have been better for a private company.FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIf the company went under you could continue to selfhost, right?
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYes, but there are IMHO better options like XMPP or IRC that are truely community driven and have stood the test of time.
minus-squaresabreW4K3@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI would argue that IRC hasn’t managed to evolve with the needs and wants of modernity and that’s why the likes of Discord and Matrix have become so big.
If the company went under you could continue to selfhost, right?
Yes, but there are IMHO better options like XMPP or IRC that are truely community driven and have stood the test of time.
I would argue that IRC hasn’t managed to evolve with the needs and wants of modernity and that’s why the likes of Discord and Matrix have become so big.