Discord’s secret weapon against open source competitors (it’s PluralKit) (medium.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Grail@aussie.zone to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Why are FOSS platforms like Matrix having such a hard time getting users to migrate from Discord? Because of PluralKit.

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[-] imthehumanoid@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago

I mean Revolt has the capability for per message profiles, it just doesn't have the ui for it yet

I have no real hope left for Revolt anyway though so meh

[-] DreamyRin@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

why no hope for Revolt? I had looked into it self hosting wise, but when I realized they had made it really difficult, I lost interest and haven't been following it since.

[-] imthehumanoid@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 months ago

Pretty much this plus a bit more

They're honestly low-key hostile towards anyone trying to host another instance

They're clearly going for profit, they've said it before, and I can only see it going shittier from here because of it

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