diff --git a/pages/matrix.markdown b/pages/matrix.markdown index 3584274..4313f9b 100644 --- a/pages/matrix.markdown +++ b/pages/matrix.markdown @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ links._ - [Where else can I read about Matrix?](#where-else-can-i-read-about-matrix) - [Is there any kind of Matrix etiquette I should know about?](#is-there-any-kind-of-matrix-etiquette-i-should-know-about) +- [How can I help gender minorities on Matrix?](#how-can-i-help-gender-minorities-on-matrix) - [How do you do custom not-emoji reactions?](#how-do-you-do-custom-not-emoji-reactions) - [What are ghost and puppets?](#what-are-ghost-and-puppets) - [What does the public history visibility mean? I don't want to appear in search engines](#what-does-the-public-history-visibility-mean-i-dont-want-to-appear-in-search-engines) @@ -103,6 +104,25 @@ anywhere else, such as at IRC or Telegram. Here are some guidelines: portition of Matrix communities instantly banning you even if you never interacted with them directly. +### How can I help gender minorities on Matrix? + +There is an easy universal way on the internet, _put your profiles into your +profile or display name no matter how obvious they may seem to speaker of your +language_. In addition to normalising the behaviour, you may make it more +difficult for hostile users to target us when they assume that only gender +minorities have their pronouns visible. + +On Matrix specific work on this, see the following MSCs although pronouns in +display names are going to stay for the foreseeable future. + +- [MSC1769: Extensible profiles as rooms](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/1769) +- [MSC3189: Per-room/per-space profiles](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3189) +- [MSC3755: Member pronouns](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3755) + +The two former would help with keeping English pronouns in English spaces and +the last would introduce its own field for them like can be seen at GitHub +profiles. + ### How do you do custom not-emoji reactions? They are implemented by multiple clients other than Element. In FluffyChat, Gomuks and Nheko you can reply to something with `/react something` to add a `something` reaction. In Hydrogen there is a `...` next to emojis allowing you to enter freeform text as a reaction. In Schildichat Android when you search for a reaction, it offers to send your search as a freeform-reaction.