German public broadcasting radio has presented the Matrix messenger protocol as becoming increasingly popular
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kommunikationstalent-das-messenger-protokoll-matrix-wird-immer-beliebter-100.html
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LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 279d
That's great. Am I right in thinking another advantage matrix has over Signal is that with matrix apps you're not required to have a phone number to create the account?
AceSLS@ani.social · 26 pts · 279d
Imo Matrix has the huge advantage of being decentralised.
jlow@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 278d
Is it, though? Maybe like Mastodon which is as well in theory but still the vast majority is on .social and I think this is the same with matrix?
Blaze@piefed.zip · 10 pts · 278d
Your instance hosts a server with 4k monthly active users: https://tchncs.de/en/matrix
I'm one of them
Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 278d
Not quite.
Matrix for one has lots of independent servers of e.g. militaries. This helps by getting funds into the project and it being tested in real life scenarios.
Also there are lots of small servers that just host communities, they barely interact with each other, but they can and sometimes do.
It's not a deeply interwoven net like Lemmy, but it is decentralized, connected and just working.
maam@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 279d
Absolutely!
maam@feddit.uk · 17 pts · 279d
English Transcript
gkaklas@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 279d
Thank you very much! 🩵
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 279d
"im in danger" - a trans matrix user
maam@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 279d
Ya I heard of the attacks on chat.blahaj.zone, the bigots are relentless. Hopefully blocking becomes smoother.
seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 270d
context??
maam@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 269d
They were sending inappropriate dms and were inviting the members to a sketchy group.
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 279d
What are some good rooms to join on matrix? Is there a list? Been wanting to try it, but no one I know even knows what it is.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 279d
Most big FOSS projects have a dedicated matrix room at this point, so if you are invested in one you could check that out. But in reality i have barely used public rooms despite using matrix for many years now. I just use it to replace all other messengers i used before. It used to be quite janky but its been getting and will continue to get more and more stable and reliable.
To answer your question, there is this https://matrixrooms.info/ which is often recommended by the matrix devs. Its a basically a search engine for public matrix rooms.
In terms of clients, while there are cool 3rd party clients, they lag behind so much that they dont give you a good picture of the current feature set. Only element-desktop and ElementX Android / iOS support the current audio/video call system.
Also see this server list, because the big one (
matrix.org) is not recommended https://servers.joinmatrix.org/RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 279d
Thank you
maam@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 279d
You can check out:
https://matrix.to/#/#div0-techystuff:matrix.org
atro_city@fedia.io · 3 pts · 278d
What's the funding situation like? Sounds like it's being used by many countries. They should be making millions. I hope they aren't on Github, otherwise that would be very non-European.
Tweak@feddit.uk · -4 pts · 278d
Matrix also has roots in Israel...
atro_city@fedia.io · 3 pts · 278d
You have your roots in Israel.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 278d
Your mom has roots in israel
atro_city@fedia.io · 4 pts · 278d
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 278d
They cut out Amdocs' founding in 2017