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pages/matrix: explain public history visibility

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@ -48,6 +48,26 @@ They are related to bringing Matrix to other protocols or vice versa.
* A puppet is the opposite, a Matrix account controlled from another protocol such as IRC or XMPP (the controller/puppetmaster being the user there).
* A double-puppet is when you are using both protocols and have connected them to each other such as a message from Discord appears as your real Matrix account and message from Matrixx appears as your real Discord account instead of something virtual only existing due to the bridge.
### What does the public history visibility mean? I don't want to appear in search engines
The public/world-readable history visibility option means exactly what it says,
public even without joining the room. These rooms are accessible to tools
such as [Matrix Static](https://view.matrix.org/) or upcoming [Matrix Public Archive](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive)
and thus their history is visible in search engines. If this isn't what you
want, set history visibility to one of the members only options (since
selecting this option, since being invited or since join).
Note that as the option name hints, the history visibility option will not
apply to previous messages. Thus if you first make room public and then
restrict it to members only the messages between these two changes are public
and new users will see them. Same if messages are visible to members and
then restricted further.
Another thing worth noting here is that encryption will not prevent new users
from reading the future messages, Matrix will share keys to new joiners to
some extent. For more information refer to [Matrix Spec issue #1](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/1)
and related issues.
### What are state resets?
The term is used least in two different scenarios: