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minus-squareOverTheFiniteSun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoWell. Anyone got a Discord alternative recommendation if I use it for text messaging? Would rather not upload my ID or face. I looked at Revolt, but they’re apparently histed in the UK, which is mandating age verification.
minus-squareOverTheFiniteSun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThank you for suggestions!
minus-squareAnotherHelldiver@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoIf your state requires ID verification, then most apps will probably comply. You can try Matrix with Element or just Signal with a group. More more “off-the-line” alternatives you can look at Mumble and own your own server.
minus-squareWildly_Utilize@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agohttps://simplex.chat/ is what I use and would recommend instead of signal Element is the best option for people who need the “discordlike” features such as sub “room” in a community You can totally get by with just making multiple simplex groups IMO but some people coming from discord don’t like that
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoWe use simplex here, but if I want to also use it from the desktop it’s really clunky. I hope they find a way to unclunk that.
minus-squareՈրբունի@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIt’s not that inconvenient considering how shitty the Signal desktop experience is: it’s slow, bloated and has moody sync.
minus-squareՈրբունի@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoSimpleX is anonymous and works well.
minus-squareconfuser@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoHuh so are you saying revolt must do the image age verification thing now? I used revolt a few years ago before this age verification stuff started popping up
minus-squareOverTheFiniteSun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoMy understanding is age verification will be mandated if you have UK users or are in the UK, so… it’s that online “safety” bill.
minus-squareOverTheFiniteSun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoGrabbed an article: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/uk-online-safety-bill-will-mandate-dangerous-age-verification-much-web And another: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye3qw7gv7o.amp Applies to sites with user-generated content.
Well. Anyone got a Discord alternative recommendation if I use it for text messaging? Would rather not upload my ID or face. I looked at Revolt, but they’re apparently histed in the UK, which is mandating age verification.
IRC, matrix?
Thank you for suggestions!
If your state requires ID verification, then most apps will probably comply. You can try Matrix with Element or just Signal with a group.
More more “off-the-line” alternatives you can look at Mumble and own your own server.
https://simplex.chat/ is what I use and would recommend instead of signal
Element is the best option for people who need the “discordlike” features such as sub “room” in a community
You can totally get by with just making multiple simplex groups IMO but some people coming from discord don’t like that
We use simplex here, but if I want to also use it from the desktop it’s really clunky. I hope they find a way to unclunk that.
It’s not that inconvenient considering how shitty the Signal desktop experience is: it’s slow, bloated and has moody sync.
SimpleX is anonymous and works well.
Huh so are you saying revolt must do the image age verification thing now?
I used revolt a few years ago before this age verification stuff started popping up
My understanding is age verification will be mandated if you have UK users or are in the UK, so… it’s that online “safety” bill.
Grabbed an article: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/uk-online-safety-bill-will-mandate-dangerous-age-verification-much-web
And another: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye3qw7gv7o.amp
Applies to sites with user-generated content.