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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

there is an open source discord clone. i forgot what it's called.

[–]fschmidt[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I found a great solution. https://talky.io/

[–]LarrySwinger2 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

That isn't an IM, rather it creates ephemeral rooms. You might as well use Jitsi Meet for that. I maintain a list of Discord alternatives here. This is an onion link, though. Once again: I recommend Matrix for your use case. Every server has a public room list. (Since you asked about that in the past.)

[–]fschmidt[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

These ephemeral rooms look great. No sign-up bullshit. Nothing and no one for them to ban. And voice and video are naturally ephemeral. I will try Jitsi Meet if I have any problems with Talky.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

good luck, there's a big old BLM advertisement at the top.

[–]fschmidt[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Probably a paid ad. Anyway, the best news here is that this stuff is now possible on the web using WebRTC which means that FreedIt can fully compete with Discord too.