Matrix Server

General Chatter
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Since Discord is doing uh discord lmao I think having a Matrix server would be smart. Anyone else support the idea?

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What’s Matrix, some kind of self-hosted model for VoIP and messaging?

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this site gives you a quick rundown: Matrix tips they don't tell you — cos

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Initially, I was thinking a Discord to Matrix bridge might be the way to go - that would help prevent community fragmentation. It seems that costs associated with running a bridge have caused Matrix.org to consider shutting down their bridges if funding can’t be found.

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Ugh… ok Matrix, we didn’t even wanted to invite you to our party anyway :triumph:

I think it would be wise to search for a possible alternative in case things go awry, nonetheless

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For my own community I am looking at running a Matrix server in parallel to my Discord.
Once I get that going on my server, I could add an unofficial Panzer Dragoon room and see what the interest for it is.
No promises on a timeline here though, as my Uni will keep me busy with cloud deployment assignments this semester and setting up Matrix is even more of that.

Matrix is an interesting system, quite different from Discord in how it works.
Like Mastodon you can sign on to any of the larger providers and use that account on any server (though matrix.org through app.element.io is most common).
You have to subscribe to every single chatroom you want to see manually.
But once subscribed, the Element, NeoChat, Nheko and similar clients do resemble Discord.
Thunderbird and other clients are more IRC-esque and do not sort rooms per server.

Stoat (formerly Revolt) is more similar, looks like a pain to host for me as it uses 11 (!) subservices on top of the main server.
I think it tries to be a 1:1 replacement for Discord, including many of the optional features which are handled client side for Matrix.
As far as I know all the other Discord like projects, like Fluxer, seem to immature to host without significant commitment.

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This sounds useful as an alternative/backup to our current Discord community. Hosting the channel independently is also more inline with Matrix’s decentralised approach and is something I would support.

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