Grail (capitalised)@aussie.zone to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agoDiscord’s secret weapon against open source competitors (it’s PluralKit)medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkDiscord’s secret weapon against open source competitors (it’s PluralKit)medium.comGrail (capitalised)@aussie.zone to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
Why are FOSS platforms like Matrix having such a hard time getting users to migrate from Discord? Because of PluralKit.
minus-squareThe Humanoid@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoI 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
minus-squareRin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agowhy 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.
minus-squareThe Humanoid@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoPretty 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
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
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.
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