@clacke Yes. That isn't only true of #Discord, by the way. I used to see projects nearly devoid of documentation, but they'd push you to #IRC. And same for #Matrix or #XMPP MUCs.
I use IRC, but if I need info (a config setting, the setup process, etc) some questions recur and should be documented so they don't clog up the channel. Others occur so rarely that only one or two people know a fix. Those especially need to go into the documentation. Not just because of "truck factor", but because even those people can forget if there is a long enough time between the question recurring.
I don't recall there being a search feature, but even if there were, posts don't get their own addressable URIs, so it isn't possible to link that answer as a reference in a public Q&A/FAQ.
So it has almost all the negatives of #IRC, but with a central corporate operator that is incentivized to block external solutions to those negatives. At least with IRC, there are externally operated bouncers and loggers that help solve many of its issues.
@thatbrickster @mangeurdenuage The article doesn't say whether the malware infector links depend on gullible users opening them or whether #Discord's client software itself auto-opens them.
Probably the most important piece of information, but it is missing from the article.
@mangeurdenuage Something else to share with @x@neckbeard.xyz ...
It is possible that #Discord uses #OAuth. In that case, there should be something in account settings that lists the clients the person has authorized. De-authorizing clients could stop the problem if a client is automatically waking up and logging in (or if it is controlled by a malicious actor that is surreptitiously logging in to collect data). Naturally, this assumes that there are Discord clients and that the person has used at least one. Not being a user of their chat, I cannot tell you whether they even allow clients besides a browser.
In any case, the person should change their password using a password manager to generate and store the new randomish password. It should be as long as the service allows (and never fewer than 16 characters).
@rek2 you left out #Jami, which has a much more consistent #UX across platforms than #Tox (eg none of the Tox mobile apps I've tried support group chat). You also left out #BigBlueButton, which I keep hearing is much less of a resource hog on the server-side than #JitsiMeet, and I can confirm JM is a massive resource hog on the client-side. I haven't used #Discord but I've heard #Riot (#Matrix client) is a pretty good substitute?
@bhaugen@aran I presume that by "self-hosted" they mean a private instance they host for you, as opposed to a group of accounts on the company's public flagship instance. I agree this use of language is ambiguous to the point of misleading, just like #Discord giving communities their own "server", which is nothing of the sort, just a set of channels of their servers. I'm willing to give ERPnext the benefit of the doubt, for now, as it could be genuine confusion about the right language to use.
@banjofox I would suggest #Riot as a #Discord replacement rather than #Jami. The voice calls on Jami are pretty good (haven't tested video yet), especially for a serverless app, but it's not great for text chat and currently has no group text chat feature (although group voice calls are possible. I'm curating a list of free code replacements for proprietary team chat apps: https://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/slacking-off @switchingsocial@Jami
@kaniini maybe from a dev or sysadmin POV. From the POV of a user looking for a drop-in replacement for #Discord or #Slack, #XMPP currently offers nothing comparable with the #UX of #Riot. @danyspin97
@Wolf480pl ae, I've definitely come across this one. It's a classic black/white. The two options are #IRC or #Discord (or #Slack or whatever), and since Discord is proprietary, we must defend IRC come hell or high water. The fact there are a multitude of third options never seems to be noticed by the "nationalists" on either side of the debate. Here's some FWIW: https://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/slacking-off @josemanuel
@LWFlouisa > Also, why discord, and not matrix? It seems like paying to be spied on to me.
No idea, I've never tried #Discord, but I know dedicated gamers who hangs out there a lot. I'd guess that as in most cases of #DataFarm vs. #FreeNetworkService, it's a case of the datafarm having a more pleasing #UX.
I made !summon and !gif commands for my #Discord bot yesterday, to embed images (from Google Images) and GIFs (from Tenor) based on search strings. Favorite part: while the bot is thinking, it shows the "X is typing…" indicator. #bots
Right, so recently I started actually visiting #discord, despite my numerous disagreements with it for multiple reasons. So that I don't need their web client or their so-called "desktop" client I guess I should setup bitlbee.
@ckeen I've still never even seen #Discord, even though some FLOSS projects use it. If it is comparable to #Matrix, maybe you can start suggesting that as a replacement.