So yesterday we tested #stoat #chat as #discord #replacement

pros:
- look and feel and most functionality like discord, you know discord, you know stoat, no learning curve.
- worked fine for around 8 casual #gamers playing together
- there is a migration tool to migrate your discord server: https://github.com/rambros3d/discord-terminator

cons:
- the linux client is there but there is no packaged install
- the web client lacks screen streaming and video chat
#social #chat #gaming #discrodreplacement #chatcontrol

@Bara_Coded thanks for the recommendation, I will look into it.

Wenn Dir Kleinigkeiten aus den frühen 90gern in die Hände fallen, und dir plötzlich bewusst wird dass du zu diesen alten Menschen gehörst. #Saarbücken #Heaven #90ger #jedenFreitag #Disco #alsichnochglaubtenetztopsstehenmir

RE: https://chaos.social/@004/116047322445273341

After a few days of discussions, search and feedback, I think the best fitting tools as #discord #replacement for my use case are
- #stoat chat
- #fluxer app
- #jami .net
All have advantages and disadvantages.
I will start testing those with my #gamer peer group and report back in detail.
#social #chat #gaming #discrodreplacement #NoMandatoryAgeVerification #chatcontrol

@004 From a low-barrier-entry perspective it’s hard to beat the Discord package. Kris posted interesting info about Tulip: https://infosec.exchange/@isotopp/116045889496614285 (look like seamless combo with Jitsi). Others recommend Discourse (they have chat, but no streaming), which can be self-hosted. To get to the same level of ease of use won’t be easy for non-tech people IMHO. So you’re up to either investing hours of work and digging thru arcane and incomplete docs or shelling out money.

@Linkshaender thank you very much for the insights, I will have a look into it and see what I can come up with

@Linkshaender
Good question, but I am looking for a Discord replacement that will also work for the non tech savvy casuals in my gaming community, so
so best case: nothing.
2nd best: my work to setup and host a solution I put together and self host from existing FOSS tools.
Not so good: Investing development work and lots of free time.
Worst: paying a SaaS

@TheTomas I was hoping for an all in one solution, like discord, just not discord. But I could do without screen share.

I want to quit discord with my small peer group of casual gamers.
Must have list is small, but must have:
- Screen sharing/streaming
- Group voice that is easy to enter
- Group chat rooms with topics
- shows online status
- easy to use, mostly bug free, non crashing cross platform client
- free server hoster exist, and have minimal configuration effort.

Bonus points for:
- showing the game someone is in

Are there recommendations?
#social #chat #gaming #discrodreplacement #inb4teamspeak

#justharburgthings zum 3. Jubiläum des 1. Einbruchs mit einem Auto im der Fussgängerzone (https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/polizei/hamburg-harburg-taeter-fahren-mit-auto-in-juwelier/), der 2. Einbruch mit einem Auto in der Fussgängerzone (https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/polizei/einbruch-in-juwelierladen-taeter-flieht/)

Frage mal so ins #Fediverse: Ich habe zwar schon mehr als eine abgeschlossene #Ausbildung, aber ich würde gerne #Nebenberuflich #Elektriker (Vollzeit geht nicht, #Gründe) lernen. Aber anscheinend gibt es selbst in Zeiten von Solarstrom überall keine Angebote die das ermöglichen. Entweder sie sind zwielichtig, unseriös und teuer, oder Ortsgebunden auf der dunklen Seite des Mondes oder so. hat jemand eine Idee oder weiss da was? Ich will nichtmal ein Gehalt dafür.

"Die Heimat" und die #AfD mobilisieren zu einer "Mahnwache" morgen abend in #Hamburg (U Wandsbek Markt) Die Tat ist schrecklich, aber diese Instrumentalisierung ist ähnlich schlimm Die Aufrufe habe ich vorliegen, werde diese aber bewusst nicht teilen.

@nor4 There you go.

German police¹ is using ChatGPT to fake images of injured police officers.

After a soccer match with believable hooligan violence against police officers, the German union of police officers (GdP) rightly condemns violence against police officers.

However, instead of using real footage for their press release² of the actual violence that was actually committed, they used some AI-generated fake image and denoted that fact only with a teeny-tiny note in the corner, saying "AI-generated: ChatGPT".

I find this very problematic.

The news report mentioned several injured police officers, some badly injured, and the fake image shows an officer bleeding from his forehead. I have no way to know if any officer was actually bleeding from his head or if this is an exaggeration to make a point. In a time when politicians call for ever more surveillance and ever more power for police officers, this can function as dangerous misinformation.

Especially considering that the Nazis are growing ever stronger and our so-called democratic political parties are building a police state for them. Manufacturing consent using fake images of violence against police officers is dangerous.

Although this was a soccer match, not an anti-genocide protest, and soccer matches occasionally attract violent hooligans, protests are almost always peaceful. At least until the police starts the violence and beats up anyone who protests against fossil fuels or genocide. If we allow police to use AI-generated images in their press releases, then we cannot believe them anything anymore at all. If people still believe them, anyway.

Condemning violence only when it hits them is also hypocritical.

Police is already instigating and inciting against imagined "violent radical leftists", even before/without the use of AI fakes.

The GdP isn't innocent. Just two months ago when the modern NSDAP wanted to start their Hitler Youth equivalent and people peacefully blocked the roads, whereafter the police played taxi for officially recognized Nazis, the GdP said "the radical leftists showed their ugly face and violence".

It's inacceptable for the police to fake images of violence against police.

¹ Sachsen, not even the infamous Berlin police
² https://www.gdp.de/sachsen/de/stories/2026/01/gewalt-im-fussballspiel-magdeburg-gegen-dresden

I did play a lot of #Battletech in the mid-90s, I was also never good at memorizing things, which got me in trouble in school. However, if you ask me e.g. about the minimal range of a #PPC in the middle of the night, I can tell you without waking up that it's 3 hexes and each will give you +1 penalty on your throw. It's so weird how the brain works.

#Streusalzverbot in #Hamburg a handy guide:
- Ist kein Schnee oder Eis da:
=> Streusalzverbot
- Ist Schnee oder Eis da:
=> Streusalzverbot aufgehoben

@vogelspur Ich kann auch nicht zeichnen, aber niemand kann mich aufhalten *muharharhar* #Berlin
#Hamburg
#Eis
#VereisteGehwege #keinequalitätskontrolle #istdaskunstoderkanndasweg

Hamburg bekommt ein „modernes Polizeirecht“. Übersetzt: mehr Überwachung, mehr Datensammelei, mehr Kontrolle. SPD und Grüne liefern exakt das, wovon die AfD seit Jahren träumt. Vorbeugende Datenauswertung. Automatisierte Analysen. Immer näher an Predictive Policing. Der Bürger als Risiko. Freiheit als Störfaktor. Wer so regiert, braucht sich über rechte Wahlerfolge nicht wundern. Ihr macht deren Politik salonfähig.

#Grüne #Hamburg #Polizeigesetz #Überwachung #AfD #Grundrechte #NieWieder

Es ist unbestritten dass es sowas wie #gangviolence in #Harburg gibt. Und er Bericht zeigt auch die prekäre Situation in der viele Leben, aber zugemüllte Innenhöfe verwahrloster Gebäude sind Teil von #Mietspekulation. Generell wer möchte dass Menschen korrekt Entsorgen muss die Preise so gestalten dass es für sie auch möglich ist. In Harburg kostet die kleinste Tonne (60L) 25€ im Monat. Das ist für Menschen in prekärer Situation schon viel Geld https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/ndrstory/gewalt-und-muell-problemviertel-phoenix,sendung-30668.html

Mit #plantenundBlomen geschlossen fühlen sich die #wallanlagen so ein bisschen #postapokalyptisch an. #hamburg #Fotografie