What Matrix server do you use and why? (feddit.org)

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Throughout my time using Lemmy, I have learned about the populations of a bunch of different instances and have made accounts on several different ones based on what I find. However, I’m about to make a Matrix account and this is a whole new ball game. Which server should I choose/avoid making my account on? Does it really matter as much as it does on Lemmy?

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[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 hours ago

matrix.im

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

I haven't used a Matrix server since my short, but regrettable, stint as Lord President of Gallifrey.

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 8 points 23 hours ago

This is the exact problem with the Fediverse. The first thing you need to do is make a decision for which the consequences are unknown. It's overwhelming and off-putting.

[-] andrew_s@piefed.social 3 points 21 hours ago

Just matrix.org, like some kind of pleb.

I only have an account so I could join in one room, and that's the server that the room was on, so I decided to keep things simple.

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Irc still. No matrix so far.

[-] sbf@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Why's that? Simplicity and low overhead? Or is it an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" situation?

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Irc works fine, people I know are there, and matrix has always seemed too attention -seeky for my tastes.

[-] sbf@feddit.org 3 points 23 hours ago

Hm. Elaborate on that. I’m trying to learn more about the space.

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I don't know what to add, I haven't used Matrix so I'm unfamiliar with it and might be misreading it. But it seems to have an aura of "look how cool and hip this is". Irc is old and comfortable even though it has a bunch of annoying limitations.

[-] themadcodger@kbin.earth 2 points 20 hours ago

I use my own. The group I GM for wanted off Discord for privacy reasons, so I spun up my own server.

[-] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 5 points 1 day ago

I set up my own because I don't want to be dependent on someone else.

Normally matrix servers don't block each other they let their users do it instead.

this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2024

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