I have something to show you - it's a unique platform I've been working on and lately it has picked up some pace, so it's now more mature.
Check out https://heahy.com (or special chat made for you: https://heahy.com/c/hackernewschat)
There you can:
-Create public channels and chats by simply entering a name (like IRC), and if it's free, it's yours, or you join it otherwise.
-Each thread is real-time, so you can chat with other people there - no need to refresh for new comments.
-4chan-like reply system - it doesn't use nested comments because that wouldn't work with a real-time chat system, but there is a structure that allows you to manage different conversations. For example, if you click a post, you will see all posts that led to that post on the right sidebar. You can also double-click and that post becomes the root post (kind of like tweets/comments on X.com).
-Create private groups and personal chats with other people.
-Supports P2P live audio/video calls (up to 8 people) in all private chats and in public chats if the channel allows (you can test it by clicking Create call in the @random chat channel)
-Video/image uploads (up to 8MB now) and the ability to save media to your library for later viewing
-You can follow channels, chats, threads and users, and all those posts appear on your feed in a simple chronological order
-Unlike Discord: no tracking, advertisements, AI, paywalls, registrations; nothing is hidden behind a server - just a web page fully accessible and searchable both in the app and by search enginesOn the immediate roadmap:
-Mobile apps (Android first)
-Chat Match portal - Create a simple poster with one picture, tags for filtering, and a description of what you are searching for, and match with other posters to start DMs.
-Reactions/GIFs - instead of integrating with Tenor or similar, Heahy will have its own reactions library.
-Long-form text/blogs - Channels will be able to have rich long text threads, basically allowing you to have a blog on Heahy.
I am really looking forward to hearing some feedback and constructive criticism. What do you think?