ahem, the original link is here:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

So you could apply this to Discord currently? As in they are in the beginning phase of the enshittifcation metamorphism?

With the new soundboards, change of usernames and the likes, it's feels like it's starting the cycle.

Maybe I’m just old, but I don’t know what the inevitable pre-enshittified competition to Discord is. Do they exist yet?

Discord is still at the beginning of the endhittification path so I guess it is not a super pressing issue.

it's probably either matrix or revolt, however I'd say matrix is the more mature/stable of the two

It will be interesting to see what the enshitification process looks like for distributed/open source chat programs.

it'll likely be at least somewhat thwarted by forking(one hopes).

Funny how this reply also makes sense if you don't know that "discord", "matrix" and "revolt" are used as brand names here.

funnier yet because matrix's old name used to be riot so it would be "riot or revolt". They really like their violent names don't they. Whatever happened to subtle names like teamspeak or mumble

Matrix can replace the 1-1 and group chat function of Discord, but you would need Zulip to replace the Slack/Teams group forum function. And having them separately kinda kills the whole idea, doesn't it? That's not including that neither have screensharing. Not even sure if they have group audio.

It wouldn’t be the end of the world to have a bundle of independent open source packages held together by shims and glue.

Go for something really open and free like Matrix. That's the only way to protect against eventual enshittification.

Yes.

The first warning shot for me was when they pushed stages really invasively in the UI to compete with clubhouse. I'd thought the high rate of nitro subscribership might have stalled it longer, but no.