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Is there any chance kbin will give chatrooms a go like reddit did? Except maybe get it right and not abandon it halfway through? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Scope@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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I really miss chatrooms in general, and I thought we were due for a comeback for the year or two reddit was running them, what with the userbase they have.

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[–] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Have you checked out matrix? Kbin chat is #kbin:matrix.org

[–] Otome-chan@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

the dev here is very busy as it is and I can't imagine chatrooms are a priority. though there's already federated chatroom options like matrix.

[–] cyberian_khatru@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Could use the microblog section for a more public(?) version of that. idk I never used the chat

[–] pasci_lei@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People used the Reddit chat?

[–] Scope@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I tried for a hot minute over COVID, and it was buggy as hell, but overall, a fun and active environment before they scrapped it.

[–] TheK@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Have you tried joining a discord server? That may be more of what you’re looking for.

[–] Scope@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I've been part of Discord for a long time, but it feels like there aren't many general chat options, they're all based around a thing I'm not familiar with and don't like. And then so many servers seem to be children.

[–] Jajcus@karab.in 1 points 1 year ago

Discord is a proprietary technology, which can go the way of Reddit at any moment. Discord 'servers' may feel like something self-hosted by the 'owners', but there are not much more independent from Discord as individual subreddits are from Reddit.

[–] Jig86@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I doubt it, but you never know. The only time I used it was when r/freefolk were watching the last season of GoT live, and boy that final episode was fucking hilarious. There was nothing like watching a bunch of internet strangers come together and collectively lose their shit as our brains broke at the stupidity of the finale.

[–] Scope@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'll say, those chatrooms really helped get me through 2020. I found them a couple months before COVID struck and the lockdown was a lot easier with the friends I made in those chatrooms. It's not something I think should be forced, but if it looks like the support is here, I'm making it known early on that I'm for it and would love it.