I think Element has the best chance of being a viable discord alternative. Especially with matrix 2 around the corner.

Element X (their new mobile app) loads as quickly as discord and supports e2e calls as well as chat.

It is a different app than discord though. It does not feature the nice server layout that discord is kind of known for but it is planned with spaces.

I say give Element another year or two and it will be a very formidable chat program.

And I have no doubt they are doing well financially and will continue to push improvements as matrix is very widely used. I mean hell apparently Nato uses it

I like https://flathub.org/apps/org.nickvision.tagger

Very simple to use app

Wahhhh wahhhhh. That’s you

Little music player is about 20kb

If you stick with it you can type way faster than most other keyboards. Plus it’s fun to use