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What is known as servers on Discord also exists on Matrix. They are called spaces and you don’t need to self-host a Matrix server to create a space. There’s also no significant learning curve, you just download Element (the most popular Matrix client), create an account and you ready to go. You can join spaces or groups from any Matrix server or message anyone on the network. Chats also make use of end-to-end encryption by default and it can even be activated for groups (wouldn’t make much sense for public groups though).
I just signed up and tried to figure out how to join any remotely interesting community. There were none.
There were a bunch of public communities - not many - and I think the most interesting ones in the public room list were either Element Android, Telegram, and Rust. And Rust is one of my most hated games that I wish I’d refunded.
Why doesn’t Matrix just call “spaces” servers? By calling them spaces, they have created a learning curve for no reason.
Even just saying you have to download a client called Element to access Matrix is not intuitive. To access Discord, you download a client called Discord.
What is known as servers on Discord also exists on Matrix. They are called spaces and you don’t need to self-host a Matrix server to create a space. There’s also no significant learning curve, you just download Element (the most popular Matrix client), create an account and you ready to go. You can join spaces or groups from any Matrix server or message anyone on the network. Chats also make use of end-to-end encryption by default and it can even be activated for groups (wouldn’t make much sense for public groups though).
Okay, try to transition an existing community to Matrix and let us know how well it went!
I just signed up and tried to figure out how to join any remotely interesting community. There were none.
There were a bunch of public communities - not many - and I think the most interesting ones in the public room list were either Element Android, Telegram, and Rust. And Rust is one of my most hated games that I wish I’d refunded.
Why doesn’t Matrix just call “spaces” servers? By calling them spaces, they have created a learning curve for no reason.
Even just saying you have to download a client called Element to access Matrix is not intuitive. To access Discord, you download a client called Discord.