One Last Time, Discord Is Not A Suitable Replacement For Forums https://aftermath.site/discord-forums-move-champions-neverwinter-star-trek-support-faq#Discord#Forum#Forums
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@WeirdWriter
> Discord Is Not A Suitable Replacement For Forums
> Discord Is Not A Suitable Replacement For Forums
... but a public Matrix space, with rooms for topic categories, with threaded chats? One that can be used with your choice of home service and app. One that could be displayed as a more traditional web forum, if someone wanted to write a Matrix app for that. Could be?
Matrix, because it is a venture backed service, will fall to #Enshittification the same way so many others have, so I don't believe it's gonna be a good long term solution either. @strypey
@WeirdWriter
> Matrix, because it is a venture backed service
#Matrix is a protocol with its own Foundation.
*Element* is a VC-backed service, true. But it's developing Free Code, for a decentralised network, in an engineer-driven company who can easily pull a LibreOffice or NextCloud if VCs overreach. Plus EU regulators, among others, are backing Matrix bigtime as an interoperability standard for RTC.
So literally none of the 4 vectors @pluralistic gives for enshittification are present.
Me:
> in an engineer-driven company who can easily pull a LibreOffice or NextCloud if VCs overreach
Note for developers;
As well as protecting us in our role as "users", freedom-protecting licenses protect you and your teams from your bosses. You've always got the option, as a team, to find an alternative source of funding, start a new org, and take your software with you.
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