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A heads up for those who aren't aware, Discord is apparently going to throw in some invasive age verification methods next month. They've done this before and managed to leak the info they gathered rather quickly. As such a lot of people are hesitant to trust them with ANY personal information.

This being the case, I'll be gauging what effect the new rules have on the Discord server and ask for some feedback. Depending on how enshittified it's become I might have to move Megalands to another platform. Suggestions for alternatives are welcome (please leave a comment here or drop some recommendations in the #general channel), though I might lean towards Telegram. Again, this is in a bad-end scenario ensues that might be the start of discord's end, but we won't know until it's here. A poll will be put up once I get some feedback in early March.

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Inktail Nekogami

Well Telegram is a good alt, but also I have had people recommending Stoat, Steam, and something called Matrix?

scottcalico

Yes, invitation available on request. It's where auctions are held.

ginra.selsa

If you already know the term "enshittified" (for those who don't: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys), I'd highly recommend trying to choose a platform that's immune to enshittification. Anything centrally owned (e.g. Telegram) is doomed to the same fate once the corporate overlords inevitably decide to snub users. In my opinion, the best option is Matrix (aka Element). If you're already willing to settle for a reduced feature set, I would say there's little reason to choose Telegram. Matrix offers almost everything Telegram does with the addition of End to End Encryption, Decentralization, and being Open Source. The main instance is at matrix.org, however that server is based in the UK and therefore might be subject to similar age rules at some point. But the beauty of Matrix (though admittedly this also makes it a little intimidating to some people) is that anyone can run their own server, and all of the servers can talk to each other. There are already people running some that are furry-focused so you don't have to register on matrix.org. For example: bark.lgbt, furreyrefuge.com. There are multiple clients, but I'll mention a few. The official client is Element, which is stable but missing some features (like custom emoji). Another very good one is Fluffychat which (in addition to having the best logo) has partial support for custom emoji and is being actively developed by the community. Another good one is Cinny, which makes itself look more like Discord (and has full custom emoji support). - https://element.io - https://fluffy.chat - https://cinny.in

ginra.selsa

This site seems a little suspect; not only does it use AI generation, but it's referencing a really weird conspiracy theory about Matrix from a website I've never heard of before (https://hackea.org/notas/matrix.html). EDIT: nvm, they removed the weird link. I think the author of the site really does want to give the best recommendations.

Rainky

Stoat is a good alternative because it looks a lot like discord but open source this time and the devs would like to let usées host their serveurs if I'm right 🤔

Flocas Arvagonn

I see May I have an invite into the server then?

Ghost

Can I have an invitation to the discord?

Verano

May I have a discord server invitation? If it ain't to much work!