State of the Discord - A Lesson (r/selfhosted)

2026-07-13 21:29 UTC

TLDR: The r/selfhosted subreddit has a Discord server. The owner’s account got hacked leaving the server in a precarious state. They submitted a support ticket, but Discord has not taken action in weeks and probably won’t at all, so they are considering starting a new Discord server.

Replies (6)

@ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-14 01:02

At least they’re admitting their fault. Edit; Their matrix room if anyone is interested. matrix.to/#/#selfhosted:selfhosted.chat

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@senorblackbean@lemmy.world 2026-07-13 23:04

Stoat chat has been a good Discord alternative.

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@poVoq@slrpnk.net 2026-07-13 21:49

But why a new Discord server? 🤦

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@Allero@lemmy.today 2026-07-14 06:42

selfhosted use Discord Lol Discord absolutely failed them They consider starting another Discord server Double lol

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@JustDorky@lemmy.world 2026-07-14 18:46

Guys, while we’re at it… Is there any discord alternative that has some kind of safe guarding against power tripping mods?

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@hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-15 00:10

Those saying “just self-host Matrix/Stoat/XMPP”, do not understand the power of network effects. If people are too lazy to sign up on your custom server, and you end up with 50% of the users you would have gotten if you used Discord, is that worth it? What if it was only 10%? I wish there were a solution to this. Interoperability sounds nice until you have multiple competing standards (like Matrix and XMPP)

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