Discord was already succumbing to enshitification. Now with their intention to be owned by Wall Street, that trajectory will certainly accelerate at warp speed once the change of hands happens.

Anyone already get ahead of this and find a solid alternative?

Right now I’m on the fence between Element for Matrix, and Revolt. Both seem to have their pros and cons and I can’t find a clear “winner”.

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    That’s a throwback. Let’s take it one step further and just get back on Ventrilo and play some DOTA. (For the younger folks who don’t get the reference: https://youtu.be/aTJncWndUB8 )

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      Used to use Vent playing Eve Online 19 years ago. Worked great back then. Apparently it’s still around, but still no Linux support after all these years.

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      I am certainly not one of the younger folks and had never seen that before. That is awesome, thank you for sharing.

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        Oh man, Basshunter was huge in the chronically-online gamer space in the 2000s. His other songs are pretty good too.

        To put it in perspective, the fact that they’re gaming on laptops and LCD monitors was an enviable flex when his songs released.