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Discord is Now Officially Verified on Flathub (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by mark@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev
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I personally wouldn't touch Discord with a 10 foot pole but figured any privacy-focused people who use it may want to know this.

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[-] technom@programming.dev 30 points 9 months ago

If any FOSS project maintainers see this, please stop using Discord for your community.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

As a FOSS project maintainer, I provide a bridge between Discord and Matrix to give people the choice. Not everything he is comfortable with federated social media yet, and the Matrix federation specifically is not very stable.

[-] technom@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

I didn't make the reason for my request very clear. We need discussions to be archived and searchable from the internet. While Matrix is better than Discord when it comes to openness, it isn't much better in terms of searchability. Even the old Google groups were better. I would suggest something like Discourse (the forum).

[-] elint@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

What is your recommendation to use instead?

[-] technom@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

Matrix is one option, if you just want a chatroom, similar to IRC. An online forum, like Discourse (not discord) is even better, since it creates a searchable history of past discussions. That way, most users who face any issue with your software can solve it themselves based on past discussions.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Matrix

[-] ArmainAP@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

Github/Gitlab/Gitea per repo and project issues?

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