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by FireBeyond 838 days ago
> There are great FOSS alternatives to Discord or Slack. SourceHut has been investing in IRC by building more accessible services like chat.sr.ht.

Meanwhile, on SourceHut:

> Notice: sr.ht is currently in alpha, and the quality of the service may reflect that.

> Payment is optional for most features during the alpha, but some services require payment to use.

> Service Payment chat.sr.ht Required

Ahh, $10/month for an alpha system, whose latest blog dates back a few months, and details how they were taken offline for multiple days by a DOS.

And Mr DeVault should probably disclose in his blog post that SourceHut is, it seems, his.

Also, it's not about form over function, but are we comparing https://sourcehut.org/chat.png to Discord?
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eesmith 838 days ago
> And Mr DeVault should probably disclose in his blog post that SourceHut is, it seems, his.

He did. Footnote 3, linked after the second mention of SourceHost: "Disclaimer: I am the founder of SourceHut."

Disclaimer: My repos are on SourceHut, and I've been a paying customer for several years.

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herewulf 838 days ago
> And Mr DeVault should probably disclose in his blog post that SourceHut is, it seems, his.

Most people reading his blog already know that and most of his articles mention SourceHut so it really does not bear repeating.

The site has always worked fine for me despite the alpha statement but you seem to already have a bias against it.

And then you complain about IRC on the "IRC of websites".

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throw1234234 838 days ago
https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem

I don't think Drew makes, or has made in this blog post on his personal website, any secret of the fact that he founded and operates Sourcehut.

> Ahh, $10/month for an alpha system

Actually, $5/month for the "Hacker" plan or $2/month for the "Amateur Hacker" plan. If you bothered to read that page rather than cherry picking, you'd note the following text in the third sentence of the page:

> You should pick the plan which best matches your financial needs and best represents the level of investment you have in sourcehut.

Ironic that one of the most honest and clear pricing pages that still exist in the cesspool of the Internet today yields such a dishonest interpretation from people like you...

> Also, it's not about form over function, but are we comparing https://sourcehut.org/chat.png to Discord?

It's been litigated to death in previous HN posts similar to this one, but some people actually prefer this kind of chat interface, rather than a million animated emojis, "rich" text formatting and metadata insertions...

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