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Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with ads (discord.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

Hopefully Revolt (a Fediverse alternative to Discord) continues to improve and can completely take the place of Discord relatively soon.

Edit: it might only be FOSS, not federated. Still a promising project though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't think Revolt is Fediverse, afaik it's entirely centralized without plans for interop or federation
Please update me if I just didn't find the right reference

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

You're correct.

As of right now, Revolt does not feature any federation and it is not in our feature roadmap.

However, this does not necessarily mean federation is off the table, possible avenues are:

Implement our own federation protocol

Implement a promising up and coming federation protocol, polyproto

Implement the Matrix protocol (unlikely, obtuse and unstable)

Implement the XMPP protocol (battle-tested and stable)

[–] NGnius 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is Revolt federated? I thought it was only FOSS

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Oh maybe it is only FOSS.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Matrix via Element works great for me personally and it's available now. :-D

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I'm open to using non-federated software. I think federation is cool and useful but I don't see it as necessary in any way when choosing what to use.

The biggest things are features, existing username, and/or ease of getting my friends on it. User base size is why I didn't use Mastodon for niche hobbies of mine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I'll check it out! Even without being federated, it's good to have a discord alternative. Matrix hasn't been what I need yet, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Afaik it's a fork / copy of the actual Discord source code. With all its bugs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I think you might be mistaking it with Spacebar