Bit of a simple question: Some people on lemmy are still posting stuff from youtube, xitter and the like.
Have you gone full fediverse yet or how far are you?
- traded reddit for lemmy/kbin
- xitter for mastodon
- discord for matrix
- youtube for peertube
Obviously I also mean other alternatives. Which ones do you use and why?
Disclaimer: this question is me asking genuinely but also trying to make it fun by arbitrary ranking/escalating it. Not trying to say one is better than the others.
Perfectly reasonable. You really don’t need to know anything about matrix except its the better version of discord, whatsapp, telegram, imessage, fb-messenger, signal, etc. It also can have puppeting for the other services. So you use matrix and can talk to your whatsapp friends if you like. The best clients I’ve used so far are element.io and fluffychat. Check them out if you want.
Peertube is a great thing and has some decent content. You need to be very particular with your search terms on sepiasearch.com though since the discoverability lacks still.
Yeah I just tried to look for one video but found nothing 😅
How would I set it up?
Yes, thats peertube atm. Check sepiasearch.org and sort by newest. That helped me.
I‘d try it first. You can use matrix.org as a starting point. Its the biggest matrix server and from the foundation that made the protocoll.
If you want to selfhost you need a server that is available on the web (vps or port forward). You then put synapse on it (i did it in docker) and the bridges you want. Once you get the hang its easy.
There are many detailed explanations. If you need a video explanation, I can make one.
Good luck.
Why is matrix better than discord?
On Discord you are forced to use single proprietary app from single provider (that btw is really close with China’s Tencent) and to use their infrastructure. Basically using Discord is trapping yourself and friends into the will of giant company because chat systems are hard to switch.
With Matrix you can choose between many apps, but most importantly you can can choose a server or even create your own.
Thank you for elaborating. Additionally, matrix does not serve you ads, sell your data or has your chats stored somewhere without you able to access it. You can selfhost it too.
I’d love to use matrix more but unfortunately it’s really hard to convince other people to use it.
Then just bridge it. Feel free to hit me up too. @haui:matrix.giftedmc.com