Someone else suggested I should have done the same, but again, I've had prior issues with Discord and really just wanted to be done with it. This account issue set me back a little, and I can't participate in some communities I'd like to, but I've already talked to moderators for some of the guilds that I played a big part in, and they were happy to set up a Discord to Matrix relay for their main channels.
Matrix isn't great, but it's open-source and it allows me to connect however I please. I have my own Synapse homeserver set up; might consider Construct as well, once it matures. And Matrix is the only platform I have run into that even has easy bridging with Discord and so many other services.
Yes, I believe Hacker News feedback to a blog post that was not designed for feedback is unfair to me, but I guess this means that a follow-up post saying what I am doing in response to leaving Discord is in order.
Yeah, I'm running my own homeserver. (Incidentally it decided to use up all my memory today and crash, so I'm hoping these performance issues with Synapse are fixed or one of the talked-about alternatives comes into fruition.)
Matrix isn't great, but it's open-source and it allows me to connect however I please. I have my own Synapse homeserver set up; might consider Construct as well, once it matures. And Matrix is the only platform I have run into that even has easy bridging with Discord and so many other services.
Yes, I believe Hacker News feedback to a blog post that was not designed for feedback is unfair to me, but I guess this means that a follow-up post saying what I am doing in response to leaving Discord is in order.