Hello, users of hexbear as of this post anonymous users will no longer be allowed on Hextube no will users be able to create channels, you may use this post to request additional channels. At the moment there is:
https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
https://live.hexbear.net/c/music
https://live.hexbear.net/c/anime
Users will be required to make a username, in order to prevent impersonation of other users on hextube we are creating a verification system.
You may comment your Hextube username here or send it in a hexbear or matrix(secure) direct message to a moderator or admin.
Abuse of this system in any way will result in a ban from Hexbear and Hextube.
This also serves as a reminder that the Hexbear Code of Conduct must be followed on all Hexbear related services, and any conduct that receives a mod action there will receive on here.
You can contact any hextube mod or a hexbear mod of !movies@hexbear.net !anime@hexbear.net or !music@hexbear.net to reset a hextube password
I've never used matrix, do I need a matrix account to participate there or does federation carry over?
you do need a matrix account:
Element is a messaging app that lets you talk to people over the Matrix protocol.
To get started, check out this link, where you can choose to either download Element for your platform or, if on a computer, open it in a browser.
The instructions that follow are for the desktop application and the web application, but the process is similar on all apps:
Press "Create Account"
We host our own Matrix server, so if you want you can change matrix.org to chapo.chat.
This is completely optional; users who sign up with a matrix.org username can still talk to people with chapo.chat username.
(Note: It is chapo.chat, not hexbear.net. Also, registrations aren't always open on chapo.chat; if they're not, just create an account on matrix.org)
Fill in a username and password
Hit register, and you're done!
You can also use https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko or
https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/cinny/
all clients can be found here: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/