Now's the time to start talking about Matrix+Fediverse
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I think we really should implement matrix as the private messaging for all fediverse services.
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The Element X client has been much nicer for people I've found, and I've been "onboarding" users one by one making sure they get in and they can chat. I agree the verification is an annoying step, and all of the checks, I tell people that's just getting encryption set up, proving that it's secure. Once I get them going, they've been pretty stable on it.
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I agree. I love the fediverse but it is public by design, so anyone can listen. I think matrix is the obvious compliment to that. Many walls and closed doors
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I agree. Revolt is a good alternative to Discord. Matrix does not feel the same as Discord, but just a WhatsApp alternative that is decentralized and federated.
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I really think we need to stop looking for a single-service solution to everything.
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I saw it just yesterday.
And a week ago.
And a month ago.
And I had it myself 2 months ago, fixed by going to the online element client that just happened to still be "verified" after a while of no use and then I could verify the rest of my clients. I would be SoL if I didn't have one of my original sessions upon making the account years ago still. Interesting system.
That was in the 1 encrypted chat I am a part of.
99% of rooms aren't encrypted so are completely and totally insecure anyway. Which I guess is fine for community discussion spaces.
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Nrver heard of revolt before, cab i get a run down
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Basically a discord-like that you can self host. You'd need to create a new account for each new instance/hosted server you want to join
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So, not federated/distributed?
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I tried my hand at running a Matrix server with a couple of friends. Less than successful. Constant bugs and minor irritations that most people (and myself, eventually) don't want to deal with.
From notification problems, to decryption problems, to audio calls not working if it's not the app open on the screen for the entire call...
I really like the idea of Matrix, but it needs another few years in the oven before it's even remotely acceptable to recommend to friends or family. Most people have a hard enough time switching to something like Signal because battery optimization kills notifications, let alone something as convoluted as Matrix/Element.
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Technologically, very cool, much wow
I beg to differ, they use Cloudflare, metadata leaks, E2EE chats are not properly encrypted, the servers can see your name and emojis reactions, it has all the problems that come from federation (you can't control your data beyond your server), their server package synapse is slow as hell even with a good server, specs wise, no plans to support Tor homeservers ( I believe they removed Tor support if I remember correctly )...
yeah..privacy and security wise, it's almost a disaster.. But I'll still recommend it over things like Slack
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Nope, unfortunately. Seems to be very useful for corporations that want to do away with MS Teams and Slack
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does it include netflix?
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Maybe it's a mobile issue, but the pricing doesn't say what the term is. $29 per what? I assume year from your comment.
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It might just be something to do with my phone but no matter what I did or which app I used, I could never get matrix notifications to work properly
