Grail (capitalised) to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 months agoDiscord’s secret weapon against open source competitors (it’s PluralKit)medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkDiscord’s secret weapon against open source competitors (it’s PluralKit)medium.comGrail (capitalised) to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
Why are FOSS platforms like Matrix having such a hard time getting users to migrate from Discord? Because of PluralKit.
minus-squareRin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 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-up1·9 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
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