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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

you could also pay to host some shit like mumble.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It cannot be overstated how much of a boon Discord's lack of friction is for connecting with people and forming communities. It is mind-flatteningly easy to get onto Discord and into a community, and while the content of those communities is woefully unindexed deep web, forever sequestered, the external discoverability of the communities themselves is exceptional.

You will not ever reach the same people with the same ease of use as Discord if you use a hosted alternative.

the only "feature" that discord has is that other people use it.

If you're communicating with your wife over it, i can assure you the barrier to entry is the amount of time it takes to set up a mumble server, and the money that hosting it will cost. Configuring a mumble client takes like 12 seconds.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mumble does not look like a replacement for all the things I use Discord for.

certainly not, but it's a solid VOIP replacement. The best one on the market.