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Lemmy World is now on Matrix (matrix.to)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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We know most of you were thrilled about our Discord server, so we decided to make you even happier with our very own space on matrix!

There is an announcement room for all the latest and greatest about Lemmy World: https://matrix.to/#/#announcements:lemmy.world
A General channel where everyone is welcome to join and talk: https://matrix.to/#/#general:lemmy.world

And lastly, this one is more for admins of other instances but we have opened a "LW Defense HQ" room which we want to use in our ongoing fight against spammers: https://matrix.to/#/#defense:lemmy.world

Come join us!

EDIT: Madlad @ruud@lemmy.world was easily convinced to set up a lemmy.world matrix server. So I edited the links to the new space and rooms. The old ones still work too!

That means you can now also sign up for a Lemmy World matrix account. Instructions in this comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/3443207

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[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have never had a single issue with discord, what gives?

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Only used Lenny for a couple months now. But there seems to be a very strong extremist undercurrent in most groups.

In this case, if it's not FOSS and 100% FREE is a trash service/application.

You learn to just tune it out after a while.

[-] ky56@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

But you didn't have an issue with reddit until the rugpull, right? Same point/worry with Discord and any other centralized close source system.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I had plenty of issues with Reddit and had been actively looking for an alternative for the better part of a year prior to the rugpull.

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reddit was great... until it wasn't.

Building communities in somebody else's backyard is problematic because if your community gets popular, you're stuck there. History has shown us that for-profit social sites/apps that grow large always turn to crap when it's time for them to actually start making a significant profit. I haven't seen any reason to think that Discord has figured out a way to prevent that. Have you?

Something similar is even a risk with Lemmy because there isn't really a way to migrate a community to another server if the admins of the one you pick change the policies in a way you aren't OK with, or simply shut down the server.