I tried this, but they went for matrix cos there aren't forum functionalities, nor ability to be a private group (afaik?)
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I use apps with both of these capabilities.
They were switching from a discord. I don't think they found any option functional enough. Do you mean coracle private groups?
What's the other private group messaging thing, I forget (?). Neither are really ready enough or have adequate features for this scenario, maybe. They wanted off discord with little hassle and the same / similar functionality. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What would you have suggested? One of them had a look around various options but didn't find a good fit.
We don't have a Discord style client yet, but a proof of concept is available using NIP-29 at https://groups.nip29.com This isn't for production use.
Private groups can be used on Amethyst and Coracle and probably other clients too? Though this standard will probably go away as clients move to adopting NIP-104.
Checkout Oddbean.com of you want a Reddit or forum style client.
Yeah none of these things would be suitable for them, until a proper forum / discord client is available.
Oddbean is a nice idea, but it's kinda just the primal sidebar in a different layout. (The algo makes it uninteresting/unuseable.)
But there is a proper phpBB style forum client coming, I forget who is making it tho. But should be curious.