• VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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    5 days ago

    Stupid question: why are they looking for a discord alternative, instead of a group chat/Slack alternative? What am I missing?

    Because slack alternatives also have video and audio call integration (either with jitsi or something else) and are battle tested with companies.

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      5 days ago

      Because Discord isn’t just for friend groups, it’s also for large open-entry servers open to the wider userbase. Slack-based/group chat alternatives completely lack this.

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        5 days ago

        Not sure about slack alternatives, but Slack does have topic/general servers that people can join. SInce its mostly business/work targeted, a lot of these are tech focused (like for k8s, or pytorch)