Valour
Valour is an open-source chat client created by @SpikeViperYT[1].
Screenshot of Valour
Image support
Another screenshot
!["First multi-user message within a channel!"[2]](/images/thumb/e/e0/Valour_Screenshot4.jpg/122px-Valour_Screenshot4.jpg)
"First multi-user message within a channel!"[2]
Chat split feature
Permissions menu
Tablet support
!["First multi-user message within a channel!"[2]](/index.php/File:Valour_Screenshot4.jpg)
#AbusedByDiscord campaign
On January 11th 2021, Spike Viper's Discord server was removed by the moderation team.
Several tweets [3][4][5] were made with the hashtag #AbusedByDiscord and Spike rallied his community to spread it on Twitter.
A video was released[6] ("My Community was #AbusedByDiscord"), which presents three main theories on why their server was removed:
- The moderation team at Discord would prefer to reduce their workload (from dealing with the issues being reported from their server) by just removing the server permanently.
- They started building an alternative chat platform ("Valour") and subsequently got banned. Though it is noted that their Valour Discord server was not banned. (Editor's Note: This is definitely not a valid theory as both Revolt and Fosscord continue to operate Discord servers without any issue.)
- Discord had some sort of connection with the doxxer.
This campaign was used to help promote this platform, shortly after Spike also livestreamed Valour development with an overlay "#abusedbydiscord"[7].
- ↑ @SpikeViperYT https://mobile.twitter.com/SpikeViperYT
- ↑ @ValourApp: "First multi-user message within a channel!" https://mobile.twitter.com/ValourApp/status/1349719918976016387
- ↑ @SpikeViperYT: Now that we have been #abusedbydiscord it's time to get serious about working on Valour! https://mobile.twitter.com/SpikeViperYT/status/1348777122270212096
- ↑ @SpikeViperYT: After beginning to program my own chat client, @discord deleted my community of over 5000 members without warning. This is after earlier last year removing my partnership over reporting a doxxer. This behavior is unacceptable and I will be making a video covering the situation. https://mobile.twitter.com/SpikeViperYT/status/1348751831296581644
- ↑ @SpikeViperYT: I was #abusedbydiscord and I want other people targeted and treated unfairly by the platform to speak out https://mobile.twitter.com/SpikeViperYT/status/1348752896767234052
- ↑ YouTube: "My Community was #AbusedByDiscord" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucwD326UeHo
- ↑ @Valour: "Speedrunning creating a chat system" @SpikeViperYT working hard as possible to get #Valour up as soon as possible! https://mobile.twitter.com/ValourApp/status/1348798101163794434