I have been looking into alternative software. I always liked discord's model but not discord themselves. I recently found fluxer. Of course like every new place you have to have people that are willing to go with you. Its been a hard go as part of them are my clients who are shy about new things and others that don't want another account. So I'm looking for people I know and people I don't know that would come over. here is a screenshot of where I am and what channels I created.