Can someone help me figure out if matrix/element would work for what I need? So far it looks decent, but my main issue is figuring out integrations/bots.
Is there a way to integrate something like PluralKit there?
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Is Matrix a self-hosted alternative to Discord? I've been looking for one but the closest I can find is RocketChat, which is meant more for corporate environments. I'm going to be launching a radio station for Lemmy soon and I need a suitable solution for chat platform that I can integrate with my website (and eventually app).
Matrix does have a bot API, but there is not even close to as robust an ecosystem of bots to choose from. Whatever you want is probably possible, but depending on your needs you may have to write it yourself.
That makes sense. Thank you!!
only changes for the unverified:
- Channels, servers, and commands set to age-restricted will be inaccessible
- DM requests deemed "sensitive" will be inaccessible
- "Sensitive content" will be blurred
- Won't be able to become a speaker in "stage" channels, a special type where a few videoconferencers have a meeting where anyone else can watch and type but not videoconference; verified watchers can be invited to speak
- DMs from unfamiliar users will be routed to a separate "warning"
nothing else
I think this is business as usual...
Youtube age restricts pro-Palestine stuff and the government age restricts the Epstein files, so I can imagine this would target political or LGBTQ spaces, which are some of the worst spaces to require ID for. There's a local political server I'm in, which due to this I'm strongly urging to migrate to Matrix with Discord bridges, and am offering to help with.
Server owners must apply an age-restricted label to any channels that contain sexually explicit content involving adults or content involving adults that is shared solely for the purposes of sexual gratification.
nothing else needs to be age-restricted, and age restriction of topics you mentioned would be big news for discord. pluralkit's home is discord and has great influence there, and the lgbtq+ community definitely has a larger presence than the plural community
This here says that Discord can automatically age-restrict channels and specifically mentions channels focused on sexual content in a different section, implying that this is not the only "mature" topic they will age restrict.
It seems like the restriction should be lifted for accounts without verification after 5 years. After all, you're not even allowed to sign up if you're under 13, so by 5 years you have to be at least 18.
Well, the day it asks me for ID/face scan is the day I delete my account. Their days are numbered.
You think they'll let you access the account settings to delete the account without scanning your face first?
If they don't they would open the door to people committing spam or abuse intentionally to receive a suspension as the next best thing. I know I'll do it if they don't let me delete my account.
They won't let you send messages without finishing verification
Then I'll email their support and be rude to them until they get fed up. I'm sure I can be nasty enough in some way to get them to suspend me no matter how bad they want me.
I love how photo-based age verification scanning is the worst of both worlds - it destroys your anonymity, but not in a way that makes it easier to run a community where you can ban a person by their digital ID since they can just make a new one with the same face since facial recognition is too crude for that.
I hope that discourages open source projects and similar communities from using discord as forum / user support.
Yep, hate when I want to follow some project and they link you to X, Reddit and Discord lol
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Stoat looks promising as an open source alternative
Theyve been around for a few years and I'm still not really impressed. No E2EE, No federation if the people running it go belly up. You might as well use signal ATP.
Looks promising...
but why is it always electron?
FOR REAL BRO
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What alternative should we all switch to?
Also thinking AI fake IDs will end up being an easy way around this.
I hope people using fake IDs to bypass it becomes common knowledge. Felony or not it's effective and the ID verifying part isn't.
Drop anything that's not opensource and federated, except if you want to live the enshitification process over and over.
Matrix might be the closest to Discord. XMPP should also be considered.
I'm still trying to understand why XMPP isn't more widely used. Probably the whole no single centralized service thing like most other federated protocols/services
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I refuse to verify my age with a face scan or government ID for an online account/profile.. It's too easy to imagine how fucked up that will go.
The more I delete profiles to platforms with ~~unwanted~~ disturbing features the more recluse I become. It must look to acquaintances that I don't care to speak (to them) but what can I do? I cannot imagine convincing even computer-literate friends to switch to something - as they will have the same problem.
Do I need to retire my Discord gaming server before I'm locked out of controlling it?
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