What are some (online) spaces you can hang out that are not corporate owned or full of tracking? (quokk.au)

submitted 1 day ago by AloneDownUnder@quokk.au to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I was wondering if there are places similar to discord servers where you can just hang out and talk while you are gaming or doing something else.

But that don't require you to sign up with personal information, ask for face identification or track you for advertising.

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[-] BonkTheAnnoyed@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago

are MUDs still a thing?

telnet cn.somethingorother.org 4040

[-] MrOtingocni@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Oh man, I had some good times playing MUDs. Wish things were still like that.

[-] jtrek@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

Aardwolf is still up and fairly active as of when I last played, maybe a year ago. Has a nice client you can download with some QoL features like an automapper

https://www.aardwolf.com/

It's not my favorite mud ever in terms of gameplay (RIP project Bob. Too good for this world) but it's pretty good. I did like 3 remorts and got bored of the random "go kill this mob" quests, and some of the area puzzles are annoying. These are related thoughts.

[-] AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 2 points 1 day ago

I suppose there should still be some running?

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