Discord is banned in Turkiye. The reason is some data theft, blackmail, AI montage photos, etc. As usual, our government made the easiest and most illogical move :)

I am looking for an alternative platform to talk and chat with my friends. Which platforms do you recommend?

The ones I tried:

  • Revolt: Voice chat is not stable. They do not accept new registrations.
  • Matrix: Unstable overall.
  • TeamSpeak: ancient interface. We can still try it.
  • XMPP: It has an old interface like TS. Not sure if it has voice channels.
  • Your recommendations?
    • pisturko@lemy.lolOPEnglish
      341·
      2 months ago

      My client shouldn’t be bugged when I enter a room with a long history, right? Right?

      • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
        331·
        2 months ago

        Hey, they’re fixing that. Soon. Really. Any day now. For reals!

        (That’s the #1 thing that makes Matrix utterly unusable for me: if there’s more than like, 10 messages, it’s a game of is-it-broken-or-is-it-just-crap.)

        • dan@upvote.auEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          I’ve found that Conduit handles it a lot better than Synapse does.

        • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Tbf, they actually are. Element X and the sliding sync are ready I think. If the server and client both use it, I think you can use it today. Or maybe the whole matrix 2.0 where that’s all integrated isn’t pushed into main/master yet. Im any case, I read it was ready maybe a few weeks ago.

          • DiabolicalBird@lemmy.caEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            Element X is still missing a lot of features, “ready” is an exaggeration I feel

            No Spaces support in particular is a dealbreaker for me

            • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              Ahh, good point. I have only been “testing” matrix for a year and haven’t enabled sliding sync so haven’t bothered using element x yet.

              Well then theyre right- one day it might get done. 😄

              • kurcatovium@lemm.eeEnglish
                1·
                2 months ago

                It will be done the same year when it’s finally “year of linux”… Sad, but seems to be the case.

            • mikemrm@lemmy.mrm.oneEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              Agreed. Element X and sliding sync don’t support sso yet, so I’ve been unable to try them :/

              Once those are added I’ll be excited to give them a shot.

              I currently use matrix and element with many bridges as my sole chat interface and it’s very slow. So I look forward to speed improvements.

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      The lack of interest in it even amongst tech communities and bridges (they can link Matrix servers and Discord servers) constantly being down has kept me from giving Matrix a second chance.

      I think it was a Linux gaming community last time that got flooded with hate content after the bridge went down and the Matrix side was left to itself.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          11·
          2 months ago

          Eh, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. There is a lot of room for improvement, but it works pretty well today, especially if your rooms are relatively small (e.g. a few dozen people) and you don’t use an overcrowded instance (e.g. not the main Matrix.org one).

          If you can host your own, you can adjust the resources so it works well for you. If you can’t, just avoid the main instance.