Subj : 2038: still be running a
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Mariposa
Date : Fri Mar 26 2021 21:15:50

  Re: 2038: still be running a
  By: Sean Dennis to Arelor on Fri Mar 26 2021 21:45:55

 > Hello Arelor,
 >
 > Friday March 26 2021 20:16, you wrote to me:
 >
 >  A> I remember building a Mumble server and a set of bots for playing some
 >  A> RPG games over VOIP, using my own infrastructure, and some Discord
 >  A> user convinced everybody to use Discrod instead for the game, citing
 >  A> all the capabilities Discord has, and all the bots available and its
 >  A> healthy ecosystem. They forced the issue and we ended up playing over
 >  A> Discord because it was obvious it was "so much featureful". It turned
 >  A> out we ended up using NONE of the advertised extra capatilities. So in
 >  A> the end we ended up using an untrustworthy platform controlled by a
 >  A> third party in exchange of (supposed) perks we didn't use.
 >
 > I have heard that same story a lot from several "pro gamers" (hah) I know of
 > moving from a trusted platform to Discord that records everything you write,
 > including PMs, for the government to regularly peruse through whether it
 > needs to or not.
 >
 > Later,
 > Sean

Ugh, I hate Discord myself too. I usually try to encourage people to use XMPP, since it's federated, can be made mostly private, and most clients support end-to-end encryption. But my daughter uses Discord anyway much to my chagrin. Thankfully I've gotten almost all of my immediate family using XMPP, so a small success!

Now if I can only get them using the BBS too...

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