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Discord unveils Discord Orbs, a new in-app currency that users can earn by completing Quests, which reward participants who interact with ads (discord.com)
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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is it open-source? Sounds like it does exactly what I want. Maybe I'll create a shadow group there and make the permanent jump once discord becomes untenable.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

It is open source. But from what I can tell the accounts are largely still hosted centrally, and it isnt federated in any way, which isn't great. Anybody can host an instance or server.

So ultimately it looks like a massive step up from Discord, with some small issues here and there.

https://developers.revolt.chat/faq.html

https://github.com/revoltchat/documentation/blob/master/docs/faq/instances.md

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Oh well. Matrix it is, then.

(I prefer XMPP but no group chats kinda ruins it if it's a feature you expect)

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I believe there was talk of opening it up to the fediverse but not sure where they landed on it

Edit: From the linked FAQ actually

Does Revolt have federation

As of right now, Revolt does not feature any federation and it is not in our feature roadmap.

However, this does not necessarily mean federation is off the table, possible avenues are:

  • Implement our own federation protocol
  • Implement a promising up and coming federation protocol, polyproto
  • Implement the Matrix protocol (unlikely, obtuse and unstable)
  • Implement the XMPP protocol (battle-tested and stable)

Any federation that is implemented MUST exercise caution in:

  • Preventing spam and abuse: moderators should be able to block malicious actors
  • Protecting user data: users should be able to redact all of their information and messages