Why are FOSS platforms like Matrix having such a hard time getting users to migrate from Discord? Because of PluralKit.

  • InfiniWheel@lemmy.one
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    9 months ago

    This seems like a rather really hyeprspecific use case than “the reason platforms like Matrix don’t get as much traction as Discord”.

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      9 months ago

      Preach

      (a) network effects (b) inertia © Matrix is still kind of a pain in the ass

      Are all easily more capable to explain it (d) all the users are otherkin

    • Grail (capitalised)@aussie.zoneOP
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      9 months ago

      Plurality is a lot more common than most people think. The existence of pluralkit exposed a LOT of people to the idea of plurality and got them realising they were already plural. Myself included.

      It’s kind of like how a lot of lesbians didn’t understand their own identities until they heard Katy Perry sing “I kissed a girl”.

      Furthermore, imagine you’re on a server with 500 active members, and there are 5 systems who use pluralkit. That server has probably had the “why are you a bot” “I’m using pluralkit” conversation dozens of times. All 500 people know how important pluralkit is. On Discord, there are dozens of allies for every one system.