They supposedly can be disabled in settings- but we all know that won’t last. They’re going full Microsoft Skype mode and it’s only a matter of time.

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    8 months ago

    The closest thing to a Discord server Matrix-wise are Spaces, which basically are groups of Rooms that people can join by invite (and maybe by link? But not sure)

    I see in Matrix as a protocol great potential but it needs some more projects that will focus on the different aspects of communication.

    Element cannot aim to be both a WhatsApp replacement, a Slack replacement and a Discord replacement, but for sure 3 different alternatives for those services can be built all using the Matrix protocol

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      8 months ago

      Maybe this move by Discord will be an incentive for others to just in and start coding new services to fill the gaps. We can only hope…