> If you use Facebook… don’t.

If you use Facebook for organizing events, try Mobilizon[1].
(by the same community that brought PeerTube)

-s

[1]: https://joinmobilizon.org

Neat!

This blog post resonates *so much* with me.

I had my share of issues [0] with Discord when I tried changing the email
associated to my account: their antispam bot went into a frenzy paranoid
mode and wanted my phone number (which is becoming a new trend among these
services). The user support was just as useless. I closed the account.
They don't care, they don't need users like us.

Since then I'm cut out of some FOSS communities I'd like to participate
(notably the Doom Emacs community).

Discord is objectively easy and convenient and some maintainers just
don't have bandwidth to roll their own solution. Pointing out that it's
not an inclusive choice, that it does not respect users' rights is just
*not enough* for busy maintainers.

The suggested alternatives are imo all lacking one way or another:
- Matrix: wacky integration with video/audio streaming (last time I
checked ~1 year ago)
- Zulip: best threading model (imo) but no integration *at all* with
video/audio streaming
- IRC: well ...

I will repost this article hoping that it helps pushing towards a
change. We are in 2021: the alternatives are improving and look
better than just one year ago.

[0]: https://www.city17.xyz/kicked-from-steam-discord/#discord-wants-my-phone-number

28 Dec 2021 11:16:05 Sebastien Binet <s@sbinet.org>:

>> If you use Facebook… don’t.
>
> If you use Facebook for organizing events, try Mobilizon[1].
> (by the same community that brought PeerTube)
>
> -s
>
> [1]: https://joinmobilizon.org

It would be appropriate to mention *the Fediverse*,
the "federated universe" of ActivityPub server applications,
which includes many big and small projects
like Mastodon, Pleroma, PeerTube, Mobilizon, etc.

Guide to the Fediverse (my rusty article) 
https://torresjrjr.com/archive/2020-07-19-guide-to-the-fediverse

Community portal
https://fediverse.party/

> It would be appropriate to mention *the Fediverse*,
> the "federated universe" of ActivityPub server applications,
> which includes many big and small projects
> like Mastodon, Pleroma, PeerTube, Mobilizon, etc.

Worth mentioning also that by searching for "awesome fediverse", one can find
resources listing federated options to popular centralized services.