who@feddit.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoGood news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment"www.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down11
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minus-squareRioting Pacifist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoI get that you can replace Discord with Matrix. But why are people using discord over signal+jitsi in the first place? Is it just for parasocial relationships?
minus-squareCélia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoConvenience, lack of perceived cost or complexity at the beginning of a new mainstream platform. Then just because their friends are there.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoBecause the servers I follow aren’t on matrix, signal or jitsi, and neither are any of my friends.
I get that you can replace Discord with Matrix.
But why are people using discord over signal+jitsi in the first place?
Is it just for parasocial relationships?
Convenience, lack of perceived cost or complexity at the beginning of a new mainstream platform. Then just because their friends are there.
Because the servers I follow aren’t on matrix, signal or jitsi, and neither are any of my friends.