I guess it comes to finding out where one draws the line in protecting their privacy for some form of temporary leverage that isn't even necessary "to hive".
The moment discord sold their platform to the CCP I bounced and deleted the app. I only now use telegram and element/matrix. If I had a PC my set up would be much more private.
I was disappointed with how sting turned out. It's glitchy as hell and looks sloppy to me. And definitely not mobile friendly. Though I think it still has plenty potential.
I know Jarvie was updating his implementation of Sting chat, but idk, im still not convinced people will hop over to it.