Discord took no action against server that coordinated costly Mastodon spam attacks | TechCrunch
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Over the weekend, hackers targeted federated social networks like Mastodon to carry out ongoing spam attacks that were organized on Discord, and conducted
  • thecrotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    I reported a server where the users harassed, both online and offline, a trans woman who later killed herself. Then they made memes about her death. Discords ‘safety team’ suggested I talk to the server admin (who was part of the abuse) and closed the ticket.

  • Takeshidude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    If anyone is looking for an alternative to discord, please check out revolt.chat The interface and user experience is the closest I’ve seen to discord (miles better than any Matrix client), has functioning voice chat (being rebuilt for more stability) custom server roles, and a functioning youtube music bot called Remix. They’re doing awesome work over there!

    Edit: Forgot to mention that it’s also open-source and self-hostable (although not federated)

    • stown@sedd.itEnglish
      0·
      9 months ago

      Jumping from one proprietary system to another isn’t really an improvement.

  • lemmingnosis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    “I would estimate that the entire fediverse is developed off of the backs of maybe, at best, 100 engineers,” she said. “All of whom are either low paid, underpaid, or unpaid, who are trying to build software, and at the same time, are supporting the userbase of monthly active users in the range of 1.1 million to 7.4 million.”

    Transcription-Kevin Durant meme, “LIKE 100 PEOPLE:”…“Y’ALL THE REAL MVPS”

  • BreakDecks@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    I’ve seen several people say that Matrix clients aren’t good at replacing Discord, but I’m having trouble understanding what exactly is missing. What critical features does Discord have that a client like Element lacks?

    • candle_lighter@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Voice chat quality is subpar, there is no screensharing audio, voice chat is buggy on a good day, unusuable on the rest.

    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      9 months ago

      Here’s a critical feature: Matrix bans people using a VPN. Fuck that. I joined a channel for the first time, said “Hello”, and was instantly banned for “Spam”.

      I have to use a VPN because I get my Internet from tethering my phone using EasyTether to make it look like phone data, and connecting to stuff like Windows Update would make it really obvious I’m doing so.