So my group chat on live messenger finally disappeared (yes, it still worked up until now, somehow).
What is a good alternative? Skype is fucking gay and IRC is too old school for my normie friends who were also still using live messenger. Must have a PC client and have a permanent chat room that you can just drop into and out of. Message sync is not important. I like not getting messages from these types of chats when I'm not online.
>>55137850
Discord
>>55137858
Oh and non-botnet preferably, I forgot to mention that.
>Skype is gay
>IRC is too old
>Discord is botnet
>>55137865
How was MSN not botnet?
telegram - absolutely no botnet because the guy is crazy anti-gov russian
>>55137916
It was, but it was the botnet I knew and grew up with. Friends didn't want to change so I stuck with it. Now that it's dead, I finally have the chance to push something less botnet.
>>55137865
how is discord more of a botnet than MSN or skype?
>>55137850
Facebook Messenger
>>55137941
Who could be behind this post?
>>55137850
Google Hangouts
>>55137850
>IRC is too old school for my normie friends
But hey, it's seriouse biz you know.
I'm surprised nobody has shilled Tox yet
matrix (search for: "matrix chat")
>>55137858
Oh you fucking 12 year old.
>>55138080
Swap those two digits. I was just stating the obvious.
>>55137924
bloated unsecure shit
skype is the only answer.
grow up.
>I want an alternative for Messenger
>but I don't like the only alternative for Messenger
Thanks for the shit thread retard OP. Just use Skype.
>>55137850
Pidgin.
/thread
>>55138306
As if there aren't any better applications for multi-user chatrooms than Skype.
Skype being so fucking terrible is the whole reason I was still using live messenger in the first place.
"skype42i_patched.exe"
"skype55_patched.exe"
>>55138477
http://brotalnia.data.bg/p/files/skype
>>55138477
>trusting random executables linked on /g/
Just use teamspeak
Tox
>>55138324
THIS
Because it supports a bunch of chat protocols your normies can use their bloated shit and you can use Pidgin.
Slack. Slack is the fucking best.
>>55138730
Nice tinfoil
>>55139144
Slack is nice
Everyone sees your email, so it's somewhat different and should be considered when making something open
But coming from messenger, that's not really a concern
Slackbot a cute
>>55137850
Telegram
Whatsapp has group chat and a browser client and you can probably tell it to not show you messages on your phone.
>>55137927
>>55137927
Irc is the only non botnet, and it doesn't support voice chat or images. You should at least try discord. You dont even need to make an account.
Mumble
Slack is nice yeah, I use it to communicate with my classmates. Not sure how good it is for personal non-professional communication though.
Whatsapp is out of the question. It needs a mobile account, needs your cellphone to be online and is generally shit on PC.
Telegram could be great, but I don't trust their homemade encryption scheme.
Mumble is more for VOIP which is not what I'm looking for.
IRC is pretty good but hard for normies and somewhat limited in features.
Google/Facebook shit is obviously too botnet.
I don't know... is there anything better?
Has anything topped MSN in the way they did group chats? I loved the amount of customization that allowed for. Like different font colors for different users and shit.
xfire
steam friends
open a window of wow and start a guild together
carrier pigeon
>>55139994
>carrier pigeon
That's got to be the most non-botnet solution yet. Thanks anon.
>>55139951
matrix dot org
>>55139420
>Implying server ops aren't sending complete logs to big brother.
The only secure chat is point-to-point with audited source code and trusted encryption algorithms.
>>55139994
WoW window, just for that group chat feel.
Firefox Hello
>>55138074
Because everyone knows it's shit.
Jabber.
>>55139296
Whatsapp is for poor third world country cucks. If you're going to use something like that, at least go Telegram so you literally don't have to give everyone you're phone number just to talk to them.
>>55140112
>not running your own irc server
>>55140006
>Implying that all pigeons aren't GPS tagged and don't route all messages through FB HQ
Telegram
>>55137850
irc
ICQ
>>55138730
>linked
>>55140289
Opera Hi
>>55139420
>Irc
>non botnet
Trying Slack right now. So far it seems pretty perfect. How's their security?
>>55140629
>you're phone number
Well done, tard
>>55138487
If you want to download anything from that site you need to be from Bulgaria. So set yourX-forwarded-forheader to any IP adres from bulgaria.
>>55141871
>being this insecure
go outside sometime m7
>>55137850
Steam
>>55142043
Well done, tard
>>55141871
Admittedly, I should probably turn off autocorrect.
>>55137924
Why does he want my phone number though?
>>55139041
/thread
>>55137850
>too old school for my normie friends
are they retarded as-well?
>>55144496
Of course, I like to associate with fellow retards.
whats wrong with discord tho, me and my friends finally just ditched skype since its absolute shit and now i read this
>get on slack
>use >implying
>mfw it turns it into a nicely formatted blockquote instead
goddammit, I'm too used to using 4chan style > that I completely forgot what it actually means.
Can I turn it off somehow?
