My friends and I are hosting a Linux and FOSS group chat to have some casual chat, help, and anything related to the topic really. We chose this platform to chat on to keep a privacy preserving way to engage with one another.

https://signal.group/#CjQKIBshKeuikl5HfagdB46bXpGOyQf_4cVvO3vUMs71DiB9EhDEbE8mS3EPYL0e9CQWHBsy

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It's very different. Discord has "channels" and "categories" to organize discussions.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I agree here. As much as I hate Discord, it would be much better geared for this. Have you considered Revolt? I haven't tried it myself, but it is the most prominent open source solution to Discord.

[–] 6R1MR34P3R@lemmy.ml 3 points 12 hours ago

Revolt is great, but still lacks good audio and video support. Me and friends use Mumble now instead till they add good support.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I was by no means suggesting using Discord instead. Just from a purely practical perspective, it is very different.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

I didn't mean to imply that you were suggesting Discord. I was just agreeing with you that channels would really help.

Sorry about that. I meant that OP could check out Revolt for an open source chat that had channels.