Exilian

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Title: Matrix
Post by: Jubal on May 05, 2022, 03:34:28 PM
So in my continual poking around with how one communicates online, one of my more recents forays has been to investigate Matrix, which is a federated alternative to Discord. Whilst Discord is pretty good at what it does and I use it a lot, I'm never convinced that services like that will stay both good and free, so I thought I'd have a look at Matrix too - there's a nice person in the chat of a Twitch streamer I watch who often advocates for Matrix as a protocol.

I also created an Exilian space (equivalent to a "server" on Discord) at #exilian:matrix.org (https://matrix.to/#/#exilian:matrix.org), in case anyone else uses this system. I just set up on matrix.org which is the biggest server, using element which is the main browser option it gives you, though there are other servers and browsers etc.

Initial impressions:

So, overall: it's a neat little piece of software, it's probably generally more ethical than Discord and certainly more privacy-focused, but it could do with UI improvements, stopping promoting crypto integrations, and maybe more focus on what it can do to attract people who are outside its very tech/privacy focused core circles. I'll definitely keep my account for now and poke around a bit more. Anyone else used Matrix at all?