If there was an open source and federated equivalent to the features Discord provides I'd use it. There is no such product. Matrix is interesting, but the experience is no where near as polished as Discord and friends and that matters for mass adoption.
>If there was an open source and federated equivalent to the features Discord provides I'd use it.
But will you pay for Discord though? The features and quality Discord is able to provide are artificially propped up by VC funding. When it runs dry, we will be left with open source offerings, or the next product to take it's place and repeat the cycle.
We are working as hard as we can on polishing Matrix. Making it mass user friendly is simply our #1 priority. Folks can help directly (beyond PRs, bug reports and feature requests) by donating at https://patreon.com/matrixdotorg.
